Lycodon deccanensis

Lycodon deccanensis

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 deccanensis

Name

Lycodon deccanensis Ganesh, Deuti, Punith, Achyuthan, Mallik, Adhikari & Vogel , 2020: 75

• Holotype: BNHS 3596, collected by K.G. Punith and Ashok Kumar Mallik in June 2012.
• Type locality: “Devarayana Durga (13.371°N, 77.210°E; 1,060 m asl) in Tumkur district, Karnataka, India”.
• Paratype: ZSI 13271, Mus. Coll. Jaffa, “South Arcot district, Tamil Nadu, India”.

References

Primary references

• Ganesh, S.R., Deuti, K., Punith, K.G., Achyuthan, N.S., Mallik, A.K., Adhikari, O. & Vogel, G. 2020. A new species of Lycodon (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Deccan Plateau of India, with notes on the range of Lycodon travancoricus (Beddome, 1870) and a revised key to peninsular Indian forms. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 14(3): 74–83. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lycodon deccanensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 July 2021.