Lycodon cardamomensis

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 cardamomensis

Name

Lycodon cardamomensis Daltry & Wüster, 2002: 499

• Holotype: BMNH 2000.70, juvenile ♂, collected by J.C. Daltry on 9 February 2000.
• Type locality: “500 m above sea level at 12º25’N; 103º02’E in the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, Pursat Province, Cardamom Mountains, Southwest Cambodia”.

References

Primary references

• Daltry, J.C. & Wüster, W. 2002. A new species of Wolf Snake (Serpentes: Colubridae: Lycodon) from the Cardamom Mountains, Southwestern Cambodia. Herpetologica 58(4): 498–504. DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0498:ANSOWS]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pauwels, O.S.G., Sumontha, M., David, P., Chan-ard, T. & Vogel, G. 2005. First record of Lycodon cardamomensis from Thailand, with a key to Thai Lycodon (Serpentes: Colubridae). Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society 53(1): 79–86.
• Grismer, L.L., Neang, T., Chav, T., Wood, Jr., P.L., Oaks, J.R., Holden, J., Grismer, J.L., Szutz, T.R. & Youmans, T.M. 2008. Additional amphibians and reptiles from the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary in Northwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia, with comments on their taxonomy and the discovery of three new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56(1): 161–175.
• Do, D.T., Ngo, C.D., Ziegler, T. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2017. First Record of Lycodon cardamomensis Daltry et Wüster, 2002 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 24(2): 160–170. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2017-24-2-167-170 [nonfunctional]

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lycodon cardamomensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 August 2020.
• Thy, N., Nguyen, T.Q., Chan-Ard, T. & Golynsky, E. 2012. IUCN: Lycodon cardamomensis  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192088A2038310. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192088A2038310.en

Vernacular names

English: Cardamom Mountains Wolf Snake