Lycodon
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| Lycodon aulicus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Lycodon Boie, 1827 |
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Cercaspis, Leptorhytaon, Ophites, Sphecodes, Tetragonosoma, Tytleria[1] |
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Lycodon is a genus of colubrid snakes, commonly known as wolf snakes.[2] The New Latin name Lycodon is derived from the Greek words λύκος (lykos) meaning wolf and δόν (don) meaning tooth[3], and refers to the fang-like anterior maxillary and mandibular teeth.[4]
[edit] Taxonomy
The genus Lycodon comprises 35 recognized species.
- Lycodon alcalai Ota & Ross, 1994
- Lycodon aulicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Lycodon bibonius Ota & Ross, 1994
- Lycodon butleri Boulenger, 1900
- Lycodon capucinus Boie, 1827
- Lycodon cardimomensis Daltry & Wüster, 2002
- Lycodon chrysoprateros Ota & Ross, 1994
- Lycodon dumerili (Boulenger, 1893)
- Lycodon effraenis Cantor, 1847
- Lycodon fasciatus (Anderson, 1879)
- Lycodon fausti Gaulke, 2002
- Lycodon ferroni Lanza, 1999
- Lycodon flavicollis Mukherjee & Bhupathy, 2007
- Lycodon flavomaculatus Wall, 1907
- Lycodon futsingensis (Pope, 1928)
- Lycodon gongshan Vogel & Luo, 2011
- Lycodon jara (Shaw, 1802)
- Lycodon kundui Smith, 1943
- Lycodon laoensis Günther, 1864
- Lycodon mackinnoni Wall, 1906
- Lycodon muelleri Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
- Lycodon multifasciatus (Maki, 1931)
- Lycodon ophiophagus Vogel et al., 2009
- Lycodon osmanhilli Taylor, 1950
- Lycodon paucifasciatus Rendahl in Smith, 1943
- Lycodon ruhstrati (Fischer, 1886)
- Lycodon solivagus Ota & Ross, 1994
- Lycodon stormi Boettger, 1892
- Lycodon striatus (Shaw, 1802)
- Lycodon subcinctus Boie, 1827
- Lycodon synaptor Vogel & David, 2010
- Lycodon tessellatus Jan, 1863
- Lycodon tiwarii Biswas & Sanyal, 1965
- Lycodon travancoricus (Beddome, 1870)
- Lycodon zawi Slowinski et al., 2001[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History, Volume I. London.
- ^ www.britannica.com
- ^ Mish, F.C., Editor in Chief. 2004. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. Merriam-Webster. Springfield, Massachusetts.
- ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume I. London.
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.com
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