Lycodon dumerilii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Lycodon dumerilii (Boulenger, 1893)

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.15.6 (formerly 77.10.9.67), ♀, collected by A. Everett. [designated by Leviton (1965: 123)]
Type locality: “Surigao” and “Philippines”, restricted do “Surigao”, Surigao Province, Mindanao, by lectotype designation.

Dryocalamus mccroryi Taylor, 1922: 197
- Holotype: CAS 60346 (formerly EHT 1517), collected by E.H. Taylor on 23 October 1920.
- Type locality: “Abungabung, Basilan (on the southern coast)”.

Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) Volume I. Containing the families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ, Boidæ, Ilysiidæ, Uropeltidæ, Xenopeltidæ, and Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. British Museum (Natural History): London. xiv + 448 pp. BHL Reference page.
Taylor, E.H. 1922. Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippine Islands, I. Philippine Journal of Science 21(2): 161–206. BHL Reference page.
Leviton, A.E. 1965. Contributions to a review of Philippine snakes, VIII The snakes of the genus Lycodon H. Boie. Philippine Journal of Science 94(1): 117–140.

Brown, R., Pitogo, K., Maglangit, E.P. & Sanguila, T. 2022. IUCN: Lycodon dumerilii (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T169854A180662902. Accessed on 20 August 2026.