Lycophidion albomaculatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
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: Elapoidea

Lycophidion albomaculatum Steindachner, 1870

Holotype: NHMW 23464, collected by F. Steindachner between October-December 1868.
Type locality: “Aus der Umgebung von Dakar [=vicinity of Dakar]”, Senegal.

Lycophidion horstockii var. albomaculata Steindachner, 1870: 334 [original combination, as subspecies]
Lycophidion semicinctum albomaculatum — Leston & Hughes, 1968 [subsequent combination]
Lycophidion albomaculatum — Condamin, 1994 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Steindachner, F. 1870. Herpetologischen Notizen (II). I. Reptilien gesammelt während einer Reise in Senegambien (October bis December 1868). Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 62: 326–335. BHL Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lycophidion albomaculatum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 February 2020.
Trape, J., Wagner, P. & Wilms, T. 2013. IUCN: Lycophidion albomaculatum (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T13290819A13290822. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13290819A13290822.en

English: White-spotted Wolf Snake