Lycodon orientalis

Lycodon orientalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Name

Lycodon orientalis (Hilgendorf, 1880)

Type locality: Japan (“Tokyo” fide Stejneger 1907).

Synonyms

• Ophites orientalis Hilgendorf, 1880: 115
• Ophites japonicus Günther, 1880: 462
• Dinodon japonicus — Boulenger, 1893: 363
• Dinodon orientale — Stejneger, 1907: 372
• Dinodon orientalis — Toriba, 1991
• Dinodon orientale — Szczerbak, 2003

References

• Hilgendorf, F. 1880. Bemerkungen über die von ihm in Japan gesammelten Schlangen nebst Beschreibungen zweier neuer Schlangenarten. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin 1880 (8): 111–121.
• Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.
• Szczerbak, N.N. 2003. Guide to the Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Krieger, Malabar, FL, 260 pp.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Lycodon orientalis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 August 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Oriental Odd-tooth Snake
日本語: シロマダラ