Lycodon alcalai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Lycodon
Species: Lycodon alcalai

Name

Lycodon alcalai Ota & Ross, 1994: 159

• Holotype: PNM PNM 990, ♂, collected by R.S. Kennedy and field crew on 30 May 1985.
• Type locality: “Batan Island (20°25’N, 121°58’E), BatanIsland Group; northern Philippines; approximately 2.5 km ENE of Basco on the W slope of Mt. Iraya, alt. 150 m”.

References

Primary references

• Ota, H. & Ross, C.A. 1994. Four new species of Lycodon (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the northern Philippines. Copeia 1994(1): 159–174.

Links

• Diesmos, A.C. & Lorenzo, A. 2022. IUCN: Lycodon alcalai  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T169861A180549517. Accessed on 12 January 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Alcala's Wolf Snake