The taxonomic status of the kukri snake Oligodon arenarius Vassilieva, 2015 with a redescription of Oligodon macrurus (Angel, 1927) (Squamata, Serpentes, Colubridae)

We investigated the taxonomic status of the recently described kukri snake Oligodon arenarius Vassilieva, 2015 and the morphologically similar Oligodon macrurus (Angel, 1927), two species endemic to the southern coast of Vietnam. Based on phylogenetic analyses using three mitochondrial genes (12S–16...

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Main Authors: Platon V. Yushchenko, Justin L. Lee, Hieu Minh Pham, Peter Geissler, Elena V. Syromyatnikova, Nikolay A. Poyarkov Jr.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft 2023-01-01
Series:Vertebrate Zoology
Online Access:https://vertebrate-zoology.arphahub.com/article/96958/download/pdf/