Lycodon effraenis

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 effraenis

Name

Lycodon effraenis Cantor, 1847

Type locality: Great Hill of Pinang, Pinang Island [West Malaysia].

Synonyms

• Lycodon effrænis Cantor, 1847: 917
• Tetragonosoma effrene — Günther, 1858
• Tetragonosoma effrene — Stoliczka, 1870: 108
• Lycodon effrenis — Boulenger, 1890
• Lycodon effrenis — Boulenger, 1892: 74
• Lycodon effrenis — Boulenger, 1893: 356
• Lycodon effraenis — Tweedie, 1954
• Lycodon effraenis — Manthey & Grossmann, 1997: 362
• Lycodon effraenis — Cox et al., 1998: 62
• Lycodon effraenis — Lanza, 1999

References

• Cantor. T. E. 1847. Catalogue of reptiles inhabiting the Malayan Peninsula and Islands. J. Asiat. Soc., Bengal, Calcutta. 16 (2): 607 - 656, 897-952, 1026 - 1078.
• Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.
• Lanza, B. 1999. A new species of Lycodon from the Philippines, with a key to the genus (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae). Tropical Zoology 12: 89–104.
• Lycodon effraenis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Brown Wolf Snake