Lycodon gammiei

Gammie's Wolf Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Dinodon
Species:	D. gammiei
Binomial name
	Dinodon gammiei; (Blanford, 1878)
Synonyms
	Ophites gammiei Blanford, 1878; Lycodon gammiei Boulenger, 1890;

Gammie's Wolf Snake, Dinodon gammiei, is a nonvenomous species of Colubrid snake found in Sikkim, India.

Description

At first glance, Gammie's Wolf Snake resembles the kraits. Its body is surrounded by alternating dark and light rings with irregular margins. Its head is dark olive, and there are light spots in the center of most shields. It has an imperfect pale collar, and the underside of the head and neck are whitish. Adults are about 80 cm (32 in.) long.^[1]

References

Blanford,W.T. 1878 Notes on some Reptilia from the Himalayas and Burma. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (2) xlvii: 125-131
Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.

^ Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). London.

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[1] Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). London.

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