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Blue-Bellied Kukri Snake
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- The blue-bellied kukri snake (Oligodon melaneus Wall) was rediscovered from Manas National Park.
- The rediscovery of Oligodon melaneus has been reported after 112 years.
- It was last collected in July 1908 from Tindharia in West Bengal, about 267 km west of Manas.
- It is endemic to eastern India.
- It was described in 1909 by Frank Wall based on two specimens from Tindharia, Darjeeling and London.
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