Oligodon formosanus
{{Short description|Species of snake}}
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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Oligodon
| species = formosanus
| authority = (Günther, 1872)
| synonyms = Simotes formosanus Günther, 1872
Simotes hainanensis Boettger, 1894
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Oligodon formosanus, also known as the Formosa kukri snake or beautiful kukri snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.
The species epithet is named after its range in Taiwan (Formosa).
Description
The scale colorings range in the brown-red spectrum. The body is a tawny light brown with two darker russet stripes running down either side of the spine, where thin black lines that break into smaller dotted patterns occasionally diagonally intersect. The underbelly is off-white.
Distribution
References
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{{NRDB species|genus=Oligodon |species=formosanus |accessdate=23 May 2017}}
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Category:Reptiles of Hong Kong
Category:Reptiles described in 1872
Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther
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