Lycodon carinatus

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 carinatus

Name

Lycodon carinatus (Kuhl, 1820)

• Syntypes: MNHN and RMNH (formerly AMG). [probably lost, MNHN specimen unlocated fide I. Ineich (March 2019, pers. comm.), and AMG was destroyed in a great fire in the Groningen academy building in 1906]
• Type locality: not stated, designated as “Insel Ceylon [=Sri Lanka]” by Boie (1827: 517).

Combinations

• Hurria carinata Kuhl, 1820: 95 [original combination]
• Cercaspis carinata — Wagler, 1830: 191 [subsequent combination, by implication]
• Lycodon carinatus — Schlegel, 1837: 142 [subsequent combination]
• Cercaspis carinata — Fitzinger, 1843: 27 [subsequent combination]
• Cercaspis carinatus — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 390 [subsequent combination, gender agreement]

References

Primary references

• Kuhl, H. 1820. Beiträge zur Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie. Hermannsche Buchhandlung: Frankfurt am Main. 152 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lycodon carinatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 August 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Sri Lankan Wolf Snake