Oligodon signatus, also known as the half-keeled kukri snake, the barred kukri snake, or the banded kukri snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.
The snake is found in Singapore, on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia and Sarawak and Sabah in Peninsular Malaysia.
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Scientific classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Suborder
Serpentes
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Oligodon
Species
Oligodon signatus
Common names
German: Gebänderte Kukrinatter
English:
Barred kukri snake
Banded kukri snake
Thai: งูปี่แก้วหัวศร, ngu pi kaew hua sorn
Synonyms
Oligodon signatus, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
Oligodon signatus, Frank Tillack & Rainer Günther (2010)
Oligodon subcarinatus, Johan van Rooijen (2009)
Oligodon subcarinatus, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
Oligodon signatus, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
Oligodon signatus, John Roscoe Hendrickson (1966)
Oligodon signatus, Michael Wilmer Forbes Tweedie (1954)
Oligodon annulifer annulata, Georg Haas (1950)
Simotes annulifer var. annulata, Franz Werner (1929)
Oligodon annulifer, Frank Wall (1923)
Oligodon signatus, Frank Wall (1923)
Oligodon subcarinatus, Frank Wall (1923)
Simotes annulifer var. annulata, Theodorus Willem van Lidth de Jeude (1922)
Simotes annulifer, Nelly de Rooij (1917)
Holarchus subcarinatus, Thomas Barbour (1912)
Holarchus signatus, Thomas Barbour (1912)
Simotes subcarinatus, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1872)
Simotes signatus, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1864)
