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Lycodon (wolf snakes)

Synonyms: Kotabilycodon; Lydodon; Mindanaosnakebustersus; Paralycodon

Wikipedia Abstract

Lycodon is a genus of colubrid snakes, commonly known as wolf snakes. The New Latin name Lycodon is derived from the Greek words λύκος (lykos) meaning wolf and οδόν (odon) meaning tooth, and refers to the fang-like anterior maxillary and mandibular teeth.
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Species

Lycodon albofuscus (Dark Wolf Snake) (Attributes)
Lycodon alcalai (Alcala's Wolf Snake)
Lycodon anakradaya
Lycodon anamallensis
Lycodon aulicus (Indian Wolf Snake) (Attributes)
Lycodon banksi
Lycodon bibonius (Ota's Wolf Snake)
Lycodon butleri (Butler's Wolf Snake)
Lycodon capucinus (Common Wolf Snake) (Attributes)
Lycodon cardamomensis (Cardamom Mountains Wolf Snake)
Lycodon carinatus (Ceylon Wolf Snake) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Lycodon cathaya
Lycodon cavernicolus
Lycodon chapaensis
Lycodon chithrasekarai
Lycodon chrysoprateros (Ross' Wolf Snake) (Critically Endangered)
Lycodon davidi (Davids Wolf Snake)
Lycodon davisonii (Blanford's Bridal Snake (Bridle Snake)) (Attributes)
Lycodon deccanensis
Lycodon dumerilii (Duméril's Wolf Snake)
Lycodon effraenis (Brown Wolf Snake) (Attributes)
Lycodon fasciatus (Banded Wolf Snake)
Lycodon fasciolatus
Lycodon fausti (Fausts Wolf Snake)
Lycodon ferroni (Vulnerable)
Lycodon flavicollis
Lycodon flavomaculatus (Yellow-spotted Wolf Snake)
Lycodon flavozonatus (Big-tooth Snake)
Lycodon futsingensis (Formosa Wolf Snake)
Lycodon gammiei (Gammie's Wolf Snake)
Lycodon gibsonae
Lycodon gongshan (Gongshan Wolf Snake)
Lycodon gracilis (Scarce Bridal Snake)
Lycodon hypsirhinoides
Lycodon jara (Twin-spotted Wolf Snake)
Lycodon kundui (Burmese Wolfsnake)
Lycodon laoensis (Laotian Wolf Snake) (Attributes)
Lycodon liuchengchaoi
Lycodon mackinnoni (Mackinnon's Wolf Snake)
Lycodon meridionale (Red-banded Snake) (Attributes)
Lycodon meridionalis
Lycodon muelleri (Java Wolf Snake)
Lycodon multifasciatus
Lycodon multizonatus (Luding Kukri Snake)
Lycodon nympha (Vellore Bridal Snake)
Lycodon obvelatus
Lycodon ophiophagus (Snake-eater Wolf Snake)
Lycodon orientalis (Oriental Odd-tooth Snake)
Lycodon paucifasciatus (Rendahl's Wolf Snake) (Vulnerable)
Lycodon philippinus
Lycodon pictus
Lycodon rosozonatus (Rose Big-tooth Snake)
Lycodon rufozonatus (Red-banded Snake) (Attributes)
Lycodon ruhstrati (Formosa Wolf Snake)
Lycodon sealei
Lycodon semicarinatus (Loo-Choo Big-tooth Snake, Ryukyu Odd-tooth snake)
Lycodon septentrionalis (White-banded wolf snake)
Lycodon serratus
Lycodon sidiki
Lycodon solivagus (Common Wolf Snake)
Lycodon stormi (Sulawesi Wolf Snake) (Vulnerable)
Lycodon striatus (Northern Wolf Snake) (Attributes)
Lycodon subannulatus (Malayan Bridal Snake, Southern Bridle Snake) (Attributes)
Lycodon subcinctus (Malayan Banded Wolf Snake) (Attributes)
Lycodon synaptor (Boehmes wolf Snake)
Lycodon tessellatus (Manila Wolf Snake)
Lycodon tiwarii (Andaman Wolf Snake)
Lycodon travancoricus (Travancore Wolf Snake) (Attributes)
Lycodon tristrigatus (Striped Bridal Snake)
Lycodon truongi
Lycodon zawi (Zaw's Wolf Snake)
Lycodon zayuensis
Lycodon zoosvictoriae

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0