Oligodon melaneus Wall, 1909
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: July 1908 (Das et al., 2022)
Rediscovered on 25 May 2021 (between 20:30-21:00 hrs) (Das et al., 2022)
Distribution
Assam, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Lectotype: BMNH 1910.12.31.3
Paralectotype: BNHS 958
Other specimens:
WII-ADR980 (rediscovery specimen)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wall, F. (1909). Notes on snakes from the neighbourhood of Darjeeling. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 19: 337-357.
Other references:
Das, Abhijit et al. (2022). Rediscovery and systematics of the rarely encountered Blue-bellied kukri snake (Oligodon melaneus Wall, 1909) from Assam, India. Zootaxa 5138(4): 417-430.
Wall, F. (1924). A handlist of the snakes of the Indian empire. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 29(3-4): 598-632.