Lycodon jara

Lycodon jara

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 jara

Name

Lycodon jara (Shaw, 1802)

• Lectotype: iconotype, a 381 mm specimen described and illustrated in P. Russell (1796: 19–20, pl. 14). [designated by Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014: 402)]
• Type locality: “Ganjam, India”.

Combinations

• Coluber jara Shaw, 1802: 525 [original combination]
• Leptorhytaon jara — Günther, 1864 [subsequent combination]
• Lycodon jara — Stoliczka, 1871 [subsequent combination]
• Ophites jara — Wall, 1923 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Lycophidion bipunctatum Peters, 1863: 403
  • Holotype: ZMB 4886.
• Lycodon odishii Mallik, Parida, Mohanty, Mallik, Purohit, Mohanty, Nanda, Sindura, Purohit, Mishra & Sahoo, 2014
  • Holotype: ZSI 25992.

References

Primary references

• Shaw, G. 1802. General zoology or systematic natural history. Volume III. Amphibia. Thomas Davison: London. Part I: vi + 1–312 pp. BHL; Part II: v + 313–615 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page. 

Links

• Tshewang, S., Hasan, M.K., Das, A., Ghosh, A., Khan, M., Mohapatra, P., Bhattarai, S. & Srinivasulu, C. 2021. IUCN: Lycodon jara  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T176843A1449214. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T176843A1449214.en. Accessed on 26 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Twin-spotted Wolf Snake