Lycodon banksi

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 banksi

Name

Lycodon banksi Luu, Bonkowski, Nguyen, Le, Calame & Ziegler, 2018: 266

• Holotype: VNUF R.2015.20 (field number: TK 20.15), adult ♂, collected by Vinh Quang Luu and Thomas Calame on 4 April 2015.
• Type locality: “in the karst forest, at the mouth of a cave, Phou Hin Poun NPA, Hinboun District, Khammouane Province, central Laos, at an elevation of 167 m a.s.l.”

References

Primary references

• Luu, V.Q., Bonkowski, M., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D., Calame, T. & Ziegler, T. 2018. A new species of Lycodon Boie, 1826 (Serpentes: Colubridae) from central Laos. Revue suisse de Zoologie 125(2): 263–276. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1414221 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lycodon banksi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 August 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Banks' Wolf Snake