| 12.First record of Russell’s Kukri Snake Oligodon russelius (Daudin, 1803) (Serpentes, Colubridae) from Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh (India), with systematic account and distribution |
| Akhlaq Husain and Ashwani Kumar Dubey |
| Oligodon russelius (Daudin, 1803) the Russell’s Kukri Snake, is very closely related to Oligodon arnensis (Shaw, 1802), the Common Kukri Snake and hence mostly confused with it which has been clarified here with its systematic account, distribution and other aspects on the material first time sighted from Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh (India). Keywords: First record, Oligodon russelius, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. |