New Records of Poorly Known Kukri Snakes from Southern Vietnam Including the Proof of the First Living Individual of Oligodon moricei (Squamata: Colubridae)

Abstract

Based on a new collection from southern Vietnam, here we report five poorly known species of the genus Oligodon for the first time from Phu Yen Province. We herein provide morphological descriptions for Oligodon cattienensis, O. cinereus pallidocinctus, O. deuvei, O. moricei, and O. saintgironsi, including ecological notes for the newly recorded species. In the case of Oligodon moricei, our new finding is the second known individual and the first photograph of a living specimen of the species.