Lycodon muelleri

Lycodon muelleri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Name

Lycodon muelleri Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 382

• Holotype: MNHN 1320.
• Type locality: “Java” (in error); corrected to “Philippines” by Leviton (1965: 126); restricted to “Luzon Island, Philippines” by Leviton (1965: 126).

Synonyms

• Stegonotus dumerili Boettger, 1898 [not Stegonotus dumerilii Boulenger, 1893]
• Haplonodon philippinensis Griffin, 1910

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Premiére partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Librarie encyclopédique de Roret: Paris, France. i-xvi + 1–780 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• dela Cruz, C., Pitogo, K., Brown, R., Ledesma, M. & Gonzalez, J.C.T. 2022. IUCN: Lycodon muelleri  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T169788A180676692. Accessed on 12 January 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Muller's Wolf Snake