Lycodon hypsirhinoides

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 hypsirhinoides

Name

Lycodon hypsirhinoides (Theobald, 1868)

• Holotype: ZSI 8145, sex unknown, collected by R.C. Tytler, date unknown.
• Type locality: “Andamans”, in the Bay of Bengal.

Combinations

• Tytleria hypsirhinoides Theobald, 1868: 66 [original combination]
• Lycodon hypsirhinoides — Vogel & Harikrishnan, 2013: 20 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Theobald, W. 1868. Catalogue of Reptiles in the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2. Natural History 37(extra number 146): vi + 7–88. BHL
• Vogel, G. & Harikrishnan, S. 2013. Revalidation of Lycodon hypsirhinoides (Theobald, 1868) from Andaman Islands (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) Taprobanica 5(1): 19–31. DOI: 10.4038/tapro.v5i1.5657 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lycodon hypsirhinoides. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 August 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Andaman Wolf Snake