Biology:Oligodon templetoni
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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. templetoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Oligodon templetoni Günther, 1862
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Oligodon templetoni is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is named in honour of Irish naturalist Dr. Robert Templeton who obtained the first known Ceylon specimen.[1]
Taxonomy
Oligodon templetoni is a junior synonym of Oligodon calamarius (Linnaeus, 1758).
References
Further reading
- Boulenger, George A. (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor & Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. ("Oligodon templetonii ", p. 320).
- Günther, Albert (1862). "On new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Third Series 9: 52–67. ("Oligodon Templetonii ", new species, p. 57).
- Wall, Frank (1921). Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo, Ceylon [Sri Lanka]: Colombo Museum. (H.R. Cottle, Government Printer). xxii + 581 pp. ("Oligodon templetoni ", pp. 245–247).
Wikidata ☰ Q3004712 entry
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