Lycodon gammiei

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 gammiei

Name

Lycodon gammiei (Blanford, 1878)

• Holotype: ZSI 8447.
• Type locality: “Cinchona plantations, [South-Eastern] British Sikkim” [= Darjeeling].

Synonyms

• Ophites gammiei Blanford, 1878: 130
• Lycodon gammiei — Boulenger, 1890
• Lycodon gammiei — Boulenger, 1893: 358
• Dinodon gammiei — Wall, 1923
• Dinodon gammiei — Smith, 1943: 271
• Dinodon gammiei — Das, 1996: 56

References

• Blanford, W.T. 1878. Notes on some Reptilia from the Himalayas and Burma. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (2) xlvii: 125–131.
• Wall, F. 1911. A popular treatise on the common Indian snakes (part 15). J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (4): 933–953.
• Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lycodon gammiei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 August 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Gammie's Wolf Snake, Sikkim False Wolf Snake