Lycodon striatus
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| Species: | L. striatus
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| Lycodon striatus (Shaw, 1802)
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Coluber striatus Shaw, 1802 | |
The northern wolf snake Lycodon striatus is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake.
Geographic range
It is found in Sri Lanka, NW India (Maharashtra), Pakistan, S Turkmenistan (Kopet-Dagh), W Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, E/NE Iran, and Afghanistan.
Type locality: "Vizagapatam and Hyderabad".
Description
Lycodon striatus is dark brown or black above, with white transverse spots or crossbands, which are widely separated anteriorly. The sides are lineolated with white, with a black spot corresponding to each white crossband. The upper lip and ventrum are uniform white. [coloration in alcohol] The longest adult measured [as of 1893] was 43 cm (17 inches) in total length, with a tail 7.5 cm (3 inches) long.[2]
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized, including the nominate race.
- Lycodon striatus bicolor (Nikolsky, 1903) - Pakistan
- Lycodon striatus sinhaleyus Deraniyagala, 1955
- Lycodon striatus striatus (Shaw, 1802)[3]
References
- ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume I. London.
- ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume I. London.
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org
- Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
- Chernov, Sergius A. 1935 New material on the distribution of the Indian snake Lycodon striatus (Shaw) (Ophidia, Colubridae) in Soviet Middle Asia Comptes Rendus (Doklady) de l'Academie des Sciences de l'URSS 3 (4): 189-192
- Lanza,B. 1999 A new species of Lycodon from the Philippines, with a key to the genus (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae). Tropical Zoology 12: 89-104
- Shaw, G. 1802 General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol.3, part 1 + 2. G. Kearsley, Thomas Davison, London: 313-615
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