Lycodon gracilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

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

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

Name

Lycodon gracilis (Günther, 1864)

Type locality: S India.

Synonyms

• Odontomus gracilis Günther, 1864: 234
• Odontomus fergusonii Haly, 1888 (fide Smith, 1943)
• Hydrophobus gracilis — Boulenger, 1890: 298
• Dryocalamus gracilis — Boulenger, 1893: 371
• Dryocalamus gracilis — Wall, 1921: 169
• Dryocalamus gracilis — Smith, 1943: 275
• Dryocalamus gracilis — Das, 1996: 56

References

• Günther, A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp.
• Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.
• Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.

Vernacular names

English: Scarce Bridal Snake