Oligodon ocellatus

The ocellated kukri snake (Oligodon ocellatus) is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.

Oligodon ocellatus
Eating an Asian common toad in Cát Tiên National Park, Vietnam
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Oligodon
Species:	O. ocellatus
Binomial name
Oligodon ocellatus (Morice, 1875)

Geographic range

Eating an Asian common toad

The snake is found in Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.

Biology

Like several other species of kukri snakes (genus Oligodon), the species feeds on toads. Observations indicate that it likely first eviscerates such prey and devours its organs, before swallowing the toad whole.^[2]