Oligodon maculatus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Oligodon
Species : Oligodon maculatus
Name

Oligodon maculatus (Taylor, 1918)

Holotype: CM 2571 (formerly EHT 40).

Type locality: “Bunawan, Agusan, P. I. [=Philippines]”.
Combinations

Holarchus maculatus Taylor, 1918: 364 [original combination]
Oligodon maculatus — Leviton, 1963: 469 [subsequent combination]

References
Primary references

Taylor, E.H. 1918. Two new snakes of the genus Holarchus with descriptions of other Philippine species. Philippine Journal of Science 13(6): 359–369. BHL Reference page.
Leviton, A.E. [1962] 1963. Contributions to a review of Philippine snakes. I. The snakes of the genus Oligodon. Philippine Journal of Science 91(4): 459–484.

Additional references

Brown, W.C. & Alcala, A.C. 1970. The zoogeography of the herpetofauna of the Philippine Islands, a fringing archipelago. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 38(6): 105–130.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Oligodon maculatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 31 March 2018.
Diesmos, A. 2009. IUCN: Oligodon maculatus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169798A6675231. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169798A6675231.en

Vernacular names
English: Spotted Kukri Snake