Lycodon flavomaculatus

Lycodon flavomaculatus

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 flavomaculatus

Name

Lycodon flavomaculatus Wall, 1907

Type locality: India (NW Ghats, Gujarat, Maharashtra).

Synonyms

• Lycodon flavomaculatus Wall, 1907: 612
• Ophites flavomaculatus — Wall, 1923: 613
• Lycodon flavomaculatus — Smith, 1943: 262
• Lycodon flavomaculatus — Lanza, 1999: 95

References

• Wall, F. 1907. Some new Asian snakes. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 17 (3): 612–618.
• 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.
• Vyas, R.V. 2008. On the occurrence of Lycodon flavomaculatus Wall, 1907 in Gujarat State, India. Sauria 30 (1): 56–58.
• Lycodon flavomaculatus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Yellow-spotted Wolf Snake