Lycophidion taylori

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 taylori

Name

• Lycophidion taylori Broadley & Hughes, 1993: 12

Holotype: BMNH 1949.2.1.76, ♂, collected by R.H.R. Taylor between 1932–1933.

Type locality: “Borama District (43°E: 10°N) at ca. 1375 metres, along the boundary between northern (formerly British) Somalia and Ethiopia”.

References

Primary references

• Broadley, D.G. & Hughes, B. 1993. A review of the genus Lycophidion (Serpentes: Colubridae) in northeastern Africa. Herpetological Journal 3: 8–18. Reference page. 

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: Taylor’s Wolf Snake