Lycodon travancoricus

Lycodon travancoricus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Lycodon
Species: Lycodon travancoricus

Name

Lycodon travancoricus (Beddome, 1870)

• Syntypes (n=2): BMNH 1946.1.13.75, ♂, collected by R.H. Beddome between 1857–1870; location of other syntype unknown.
• Type locality: “Travancore hills, Attraymallay, 5,000 feet elevation”.

Combinations

• Cercaspis travancoricus Beddome, 1870: 169 [original combination]
• Lycodon travancoricus – Boulenger, 1890: 293 [subsequent combination]
• Ophites travancoricus – Wall, 1923 [subsequent combination]
• Lycodon aulicus travancoricus — Constable, 1940 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Lycodon travancoricus — Smith, 1943: 259 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

References

Primary references

• Beddome, R.H. 1870. Descriptions of new Reptiles from the Madras Presidency. The Madras Monthly Journal of Medical Science 2: 169–176. Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis: London. xviii + 541 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. Taylor and Francis: London. xii + 583 pp., 166 text figures. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lycodon travancoricus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 November 2022.
• Srinivasulu, C. & Srinivasulu, B. 2013. IUCN: Lycodon travancoricus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172643A1357787. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172643A1357787.en. Accessed on 18 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Travancore Wolf Snake

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