Lycodon

Lycodon
Lycodon aulicus sal.jpg
Lycodon aulicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Lycodon
Fitzinger, 1826
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Cercaspis, Leptorhytaon, Ophites, Dryocalamus, Sphecodes, Tetragonosoma, Tytleria

Lycodon subcinctus, Malayan banded wolfsnake, in Letefoho, East Timor

Lycodon is a genus of colubrid snakes, commonly known as wolf snakes. The New Latin name Lycodon is derived from the Greek words λύκος (lykos) meaning wolf and οδόν (odon) meaning tooth, and refers to the fang-like anterior maxillary and mandibular teeth.

Species

The genus Lycodon comprises 70 recognized species.

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lycodon.



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