Oligodon cattienensis

Oligodon cattienensis, also known as the Cat Tien kukri snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. It is endemic to the Đồng Nai province of Vietnam.[2] The snake was named after Cat Tien National Park, the location of its discovery.[1][2]

Oligodon cattienensis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Oligodon
Species:
O. cattienensis
Binomial name
Oligodon cattienensis
Vassilieva, Geissler, Galoyan, Poyarkov, Van Devender & Böhme, 2013[1]

References
  1. Vassilieva, Anna B.; Geissler, Peter; Galoyan, Eduard A.; Poyarkov, Nikolay Jr A.; Van Devender, Robert Wayne; Böhme, Wolfgang (2013). "A new species of Kukri Snake (Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826; Squamata: Colubridae) from the Cat Tien National Park, southern Vietnam". Zootaxa. 3702 (3): 233–246. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3702.3.2. PMID 26146721.
  2. "Oligodon cattienensis". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 10 December 2021.


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