Lycodon gammiei

Taxonavigation

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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

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Lycodon gammiei (Blanford, 1878)

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

Synonyms

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  • Ophites gammiei Blanford, 1878: 130
  • Lycodon gammieiBoulenger, 1890
  • Lycodon gammieiBoulenger, 1893: 358
  • Dinodon gammieiWall, 1923
  • Dinodon gammieiSmith, 1943: 271
  • Dinodon gammieiDas, 1996: 56

References

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  • 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.
  • Shu, F., Lyu, B., Guo, K., Zhang, T., Mi, X-Q., Li, L., Wu, Y-Y. & Guo, P. 2024. Rediscovery of Lycodon gammiei (Blanford, 1878) (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Xizang, China, with comments on its systematic position. ZooKeys 1200 65–74. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1200.117260   Reference page
  • 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.
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Vernacular names

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