Lycodon chrysoprateros

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: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Name

Lycodon chrysoprateros Ota & Ross, 1994: 165

• Holotype: PNM 2045, ♀, collected by R.I. Crombie on 18 March 1990.
• Type locality: “east side of Dalupiri Island (19°05’N, 121°15’E), Babuyan Island Group, northern Philippines”.

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. & del Prado, Y. 2022. IUCN: Lycodon chrysoprateros  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T169803A180658334. Accessed on 12 January 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Ross' Wolf Snake