Oligodon nagao, the Nagao kukri snake, is a species of snakes in the family Colubridae.[1] Specimens have been collected from Lang Son and Cao Bang in northern Vietnam, Guangxi Autonomous Region in southern People's Republic of China, and from Khammouane Province in central Laos PDR.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Oligodon |
| Species: | O. nagao
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| Binomial name | |
| Oligodon nagao David, Nguyen, Nguyen, Jiang, Chen, Teynié & Ziegler, 2012
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Description
editIt has 15 or 17 dorsal scale rows at its mid-body, a short tail which can be up to 107 mm and a body up to 680 mm in length.[3]
Distribution
editVietnam, Laos, China.[3]
References
edit- ^ Oligodon nagao at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 June 2019.
- ^ David, P.; et al. "A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from northern Vietnam, southern China and central Laos" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3702 (3): 233–246. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
- ^ a b "New species of snake in Vietnam". TalkVietnam. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
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