Lycophidion pygmaeum

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

Familia: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Lycophidion
Species: Lycophidion pygmaeum

Name

• Lycophidion pygmaeum Broadley, 1996: 13

Holotype: TMP 56602,♀, collected by J.D. Visser on February 1982.

Type locality: “St Lucia, Hlabisa District, KwaZulu, South Africa”.

References

Primary references

• Broadley, D.G. 1996. A revision of the genus Lycophidion Fitzinger (Serpentes: Colubridae) in Africa south of the Equator. Syntarsus 3: 1–33. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lycophidion pygmaeum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Pygmy Wolf Snake