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Fiji snake

species of reptile

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 30, 2025
Entity authorityQ169916 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Fiji snake (Ogmodon vitianus), also known as the Bolo snake, is a species of snake in the family Elapidae. It is monotypic within the genus Ogmodon. It is endemic to Fiji, found only on the island of Viti Levu, and is strongly subterranean.

SOURCES

Fijian Burrowing Snake (bolo), Ogmodon vitianus. [1]

"Fiji tropical dry forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.

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The public source identifies “Fiji snake” as species of reptile. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Fiji, snake and species.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current 61-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Fiji, snake and species providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Fiji snake”, the useful work is to connect “species of reptile” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 30, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q169916. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Fiji snake” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.