Small-banded Kukri Snake

About the Small-banded Kukri Snake

Oligodon fasciolatus, commonly known as the small-banded kukri snake or the fasciolated kukri snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Southeast Asia. This snake uniquely eviscerates live poisonous toads, Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Asian common toads), to avoid toxic white liquid the toad secretes. This snake also preys on the Kaloula pulchra (Banded bullfrog).

O. fasciolatus is found in southeastern Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. The preferred natural habitat of O. fasciolatus is forest. O. fasciolatus may attain a total length of 115 cm (45 in). O. fasciolatus appears brownish-ground, tinged with yellow-olive, greyish-brown, or reddish-brown.

O. fasciolatus is oviparous. Günther ACLG (1864). The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. + Plates I-XXVI. (Simotes fasciolatus, new species, pp. 218–219 + Plate XX, figure B, two views of head).

See also Duttaphrynus melanostictus for: Bringsøe H, Suthanthangjai M, Suthanthangjai W, Nimnuan... Wikipedia →