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Lycophidion

Synonyms: Lycophidium; Lycophydion

Wikipedia Abstract

Wolf snakes are small snakes which forage at night for sleeping lizards. They have flat heads and large recurved teeth that are assumed to aid them in their extraction of lizards from their lairs.
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Species

Lycophidion acutirostre (Mozambique Wolf Snake)
Lycophidion albomaculatum
Lycophidion capense (Cape Wolf Snake) (Attributes)
Lycophidion chirioi
Lycophidion depressirostre (Flat-snouted Wolf Snake)
Lycophidion hellmichi (Hellmich's Wolf Snake)
Lycophidion irroratum (Leach's Wolf Snake, Pale Wolf Snake)
Lycophidion jacksoni
Lycophidion laterale (Flat Wolf Snake)
Lycophidion meleagre (Boulenger's Wolf Snake)
Lycophidion multimaculatum (Cape Wolf Snake) (Attributes)
Lycophidion namibianum (Namibian Wolf Snake)
Lycophidion nanum (Dwarf Wolf Snake)
Lycophidion nigromaculatum
Lycophidion ornatum (Ornate Wolf Snake) (Attributes)
Lycophidion pembanum (Pemba Wolf Snake) (Attributes)
Lycophidion pygmaeum (Pygmy Wolf Snake)
Lycophidion semiannule (Eastern Wolf Snake)
Lycophidion semicinctum
Lycophidion taylori (Taylors wolf snake)
Lycophidion tchadensis
Lycophidion uzungwense (Red-snouted Wolf Snake) (Attributes)
Lycophidion variegatum (Variegated Wolf Snake)
Lycophidion woolfi

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