Lycodon flavomaculatus

Lycodon flavomaculatus

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 Superclassis: 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 flavomaculatus

Name

Lycodon flavomaculatus Wall, 1907: 612

• Syntypes (n=6): BNHSa–e, collected by C. Hudson and Millard, and BMNH (formerly FM).
• Type locality: “Sangli (S. Maratha District), Kirkee, Poona, Nasik, and Dharwar, all places on the western Ghats inside the Bombay Presidency”

References

Primary references

• Wall, F. 1907. Some new Asian snakes. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 17(3): 612–618.

Links

• Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Thakur, S. & Vyas, R. 2013. IUCN: Lycodon flavomaculatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172635A1356536. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172635A1356536.en. Accessed on 12 January 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Yellow-spotted Wolf Snake