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Lycodon tiwarii

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Lycodon tiwarii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Lycodon
Species:
L. tiwarii
Binomial name
Lycodon tiwarii
Biswas & Sanyal, 1965[1]

Lycodon tiwarii, commonly known as the Andaman wolf snake, is a species of colubrid snake found in the Andaman Islands of India.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ Biswas, S. & D.P. Sanyal. 1965. A new species of wolf-snake of the genus Lycodon Boie (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Calcutta 18 (2): 137-141.
  2. ^ Das, I. 1999. Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Ota, H. (ed) Tropical Island herpetofauna..., Elsevier, pp. 43-77.
  3. ^ Krishnan, S. 2003. The distribution of some reptiles in the Nicobar Islands, India. ANET technical report - May 2003.
  4. ^ Vijayakumar, S.P. and Patrick David. 2006. Taxonomy, Natural History, And Distribution Of The Snakes Of The Nicobar Islands (INDIA), Based On New Materials And With An Emphasis On Endemic Species. Russian Journal of Herpetology Vol. 13, No. 1, 2006, pp. 11 – 40.