Lycodon laoensis

Lycodon laoensis

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 laoensis

Name

Lycodon laoensis Günther, 1864

Type locality: Laos.

Synonyms

• Lycodon laoensis Günther, 1864: 317
• Lycodon laoensis — Boulenger, 1893: 354
• Lycodon laoensis — Smith, 1943: 259
• Ophites laoensis — Zhao & Adler, 1993
• Lycodon laoensis — Manthey & Grossmann, 1997: 363
• Lycodon laoensis — Cox et al., 1998: 63
• Lycodon laoensis — Lanza, 1999

References

• Günther, A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp.
• Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.
• Lanza, B. 1999. A new species of Lycodon from the Philippines, with a key to the genus (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae). Tropical Zoology 12: 89–104.
• Lycodon laoensis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Laotian Wolf Snake