Lycodon fasciatus

Lycodon fasciatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Lycodon
Species: L. fasciatus
Binomial name
Lycodon fasciatus
(Anderson, 1879)
Synonyms

Ophites fasciatus Anderson, 1879
Lycodon fasciatus - Boulenger, 1890
Dinodon yunnanensis Werner, 1922
Lycodon fasciatus - M.A. Smith, 1943[1][2]

Lycodon fasciatus, commonly known as the banded wolf snake, is a species of colubrid snake.

Distribution

It is found in India (Assam), Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Tibet, SW China (from Yunnan and Guangxi to Hubei, northward to Shaanxi and Gansu, Fujian, Sichuan).

Description

Adults may attain 53 cm (21 inches) in total length, with a tail 11 cm (4¼ inches) long.

Its color pattern consists of broad purplish-black rings which encircle its body and are separated by yellowish or reddish intervals. The first black ring does not encircle the neck.

The dorsal scales are in 17 rows, weakly keeled anteriorly, the keels becoming more pronounced posteriorly. The ventrals are 205-213; the anal is entire; and the divided subcaudals are 77-90.[3]

References

  1. Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume I. London.
  2. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume I. London.

Further reading


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