Photographs of the holotype of Oligodon speleoserpens sp. nov. (ZMMU Re-17696, adult male) (a) dorsal and (b) ventral views in life. Photographs taken by Parinya Pawangkhanant.

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A new species of karst-associated kukri snake (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae: Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826) from southern Thailand

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Apr 2024

Parinya Pawangkhanant
Nikolay Poyarkov
Harry Ward-Smith
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Justin L. Lee

We describe a new species of kukri snake (Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826) from the limestone karst formations of Satun and Trang Provinces in southern Thailand. Phylogenetic analyses based on three mitochondrial DNA fragments (12S–16S ribosomal rRNA and cytochrome b) recover the new species within the Oligodon cinereus species complex, where it forms a d...