[4] The specific name, oatesii, is in honor of English ornithologist Eugene William Oates.

[5] Until recently, A. oatesii was only known from the type locality, which is "Table Island, Cocos Group, Andamans" in the Bay of Bengal.

However, Murthy and Chakrapany (1983), reported finding a second specimen from the island of Mayabunder, just off the coast of Middle Andaman Island, which belongs to India.

[2] Boulenger (1893) described A. oatesii as follows: "24 scales round the body.

Yellowish, with confluent brown spots corresponding to the series of scales and forming longitudinal lines which are broader than the interspaces.