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    Species Accepted

    Oligodon formosanus (Günther, 1872)

    Beautiful Kukri Snake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Oligodon
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Beautiful Kukri Snake English
      Formosa Kukri Snake English
      Taiwan Kukri Snake English
      Taiwan-Kukrinatter German
      Taiwansk Kukrisnog Danish
      Красивый олигодон Russian
      台湾小头蛇 Chinese
      台灣小頭蛇 Chinese
      臺灣小頭蛇 Chinese
      花秤桿蛇 Chinese

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Stejneger, L. (1910). The batrachians and reptiles of Formosa. Proc. US Natl. Mus. 38: 91-114.
      Müller, F. (1878). Über einige seltene und neue Reptilien aus Guatemala. Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel, 6: 390-411.
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      Wang K, Lyu ZT, Wang J, Qi S, & Che J. (2022). Updated Checklist and Zoogeographic Division of the Reptilian Fauna of Yunnan Province, China. Biodiversity Science 30 (4): 21326, 1–31.

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