Rediscovery and distribution extension of the rare Kukri Snake, Oligodon hamptoni Boulenger, 1918 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae), with the first record of this species from China

Justin L. Lee; Jian-Huan Yang; Platon Yushchenko; Nikolay A. Poyarkov Jr

doi:10.3897/herpetozoa.34.e60875

Research Article

Herpetozoa 34: 13-21
https://doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.34.e60875 (03 Feb 2021)

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Herpetozoa 34: 13-21

doi: 10.3897/herpetozoa.34.e60875

Received: 18 Nov 2020 | Approved: 10 Jan 2021 | Published: 03 Feb 2021

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Authors

Justin L. Lee

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Smithsonian Institution, Washington, United States of America

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Jian-Huan Yang

Kadoorie Conservation China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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Platon Yushchenko

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Center, Hanoi, Vietnam

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Nikolay A. Poyarkov Jr

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Center, Hanoi, Vietnam

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Academic editor

Günter Gollmann

University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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Author contributions

JLL wrote the manuscript and collected data; JHY collected data and reviewed the manuscript; PLY and NAP created figures and reviewed the manuscript

Conflict of interest

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Supporting agencies

RSF - Russian Science Foundation

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