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Shorthead Kukri Snake ''Oligodon brevicauda'' is a species of snake found in the Western Ghats of India. ==Description== :''See snake scales for terms used'' Rostral in contact with and partly separating the prefrontals. No internasals ; no loreal touching the preocular; seven supralabials, 3rd and 4th touching the eye; 1 anterior temporal. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 158-173, not angulate laterally. Caudals 25-29. Brown above with a light vertebral stripe, bordered on each side by a dark brown or black stripe involving two scale-rows; these stripes may or may not be marked with paired series of spots or short bars on the anterior part of the body; a narrow dark lateral stripe on each side of scale row 3; brownish or whitish below (red in life) with large quadrangular or transverse black spots; head with a crescent-shaped band in front, an oblique temporal stripe, and a large dark nuchal patch usually connecting by a longitudinal stripe with the prefrontal mark.〔Smith, M. A. 1943. Fauna of British India. Reptiles. (pp. 231-232)〕 Total length of females 500mm with tail 55mm. Known from the Western Ghats south of the Goa Gap and in the Niligiri, Anaimalai and Travancore hills. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oligodon brevicauda」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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