| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Bleeker's Kukri Snake |
| Synonym | Rabdion Waandersi BLEEKER 1860: 83
Oligodon Waandersi — GÜNTHER 1865
Oligodon teaniurus MÜLLER 1894 (1895)
Oligodon waandersi — DE ROOIJ 1917: 133
Oligodon waandersi — IN DEN BOSCH 1985: 10
Oligodon waandersi — INGER & VORIS 2001
Oligodon waandersi — DAVID & VOGEL 2012
Oligodon waandersi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 504
Oligodon waandersi — AMARASINGHE et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | Indonesia (Sulawesi, Buton, Sula Islands)
Type locality: "Boni" (= Bone valley, N Sulawesi, Indonesia)
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.2.52
Syntype: NMBA, apparently on permanent loan at BMNH (pers. comm. A. Amarasinghe, 19 Feb 2021) [Oligodon teaniurus] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: O. waandersi is distinguished from O. tolaki sp. nov. (characters in parentheses) by having two postoculars (single); no loreal (present); divided cloacal plate; undivided or partially divided nasal (completely divided); a broader, shallower, and rounded rostral (narrow, deep, and pointed); pointed snout in lateral aspect (rounded); and from O. propinquus (characters in parentheses) by absence of loreal (present) and by having a broader, shallower, and rounded rostral (narrow, deep, and pointed); ventrals 146–176 (134– 147). Furthermore O. waandersi is distinguished from all other congeners of the genus Oligodon by having the following combination of characters: maximum SVL 335 mm, two postoculars, no loreal, divided cloacal plate, single or partially divided (rarely) nasal, ventrals 146–176, subcaudals 20–27, temporals 1þ2, six SUPs with third and fourth in contact with eye, DSRs 15-15-15, brownish dorsum with few dark-edged spots on the vertebral line along the body and tail, mostly a blackish brown blotch below eye, and whitish collar band middorsally (Amarasinghe et al. 2021). |
| Comment | Synonymy: WAGNER (30 July 2002, pers. comm.) synonymized Oligodon propinquus with Oligodon waandersi based on an examination of the types. The locality of propinquus ["Java"] is most certainly incorrect. However, DAVID & VOGEL 2012 list the species as valid. |
| Etymology | Named after Henry Louis van Bloemen Waanders (1796-1851), an ichthyologist and colonial administrator who lived in Willemstad, Curacao (Dutch West Indies) (1831-1835), and in Java and Sumatra (1841-1845). |
| References |
- Amarasinghe, A.A. Thasun; Sujan M. Henkanaththegedara, Patrick D. Campbell, Awal Riyanto, Jakob Hallermann & Gernot Vogel 2021. Description of a New Oligodon (Squamata: Colubridae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia, Including Redescriptions of O. waandersi and O. propinquus. Herpetologica Jun 2021 Vol. 77, No. 2: 195-207 - get paper here
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Bleeker, P. 1860. [12. Reptilien van Boni]. Natuurkundl. Tijdschr. Nederl. Indie, Batavia 22: 81-85 - get paper here
- Bosch, H A J in den 1994. On the juvenile forms of Oligodon waandersi (Bleeker, 1860). Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 70 (2): 301-309
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