Lycodon orientalis

Lycodon orientalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: 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 orientalis

Name

Lycodon orientalis (Hilgendorf, 1880)

• Holotype: ZMB 9419, collected by F. Hilgendorf in May 1874.
• Type locality: “Tokio [=Tokyo]”.

Combinations

• Ophites orientalis Hilgendorf, 1880: 115 [original combination]
• Dinodon orientale — Stejneger, 1907: 372 [subsequent combination]
• Lycodon orientalis — Guo, Zhang, Liu, Li, Pyron, Jiang & Burbrink, 2013: 148 [subsequent combination, by implication]

Synonyms

• Ophites japonicus Günther, 1880: 462 [synonymised by Stejneger (1907: 373)]
  • Syntypes (2): BMNH, both ♀, obtained by C. Maries, date unknown.
  • Type locality: “near Nikko in Central Japan”.

Native distribution areas

• Japan: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and their satellite islands.
• Russia: Kunashir Island (presence uncertain).

References

Primary references

• Hilgendorf, F., 1880. Bemerkungen über die von ihm in Japan gesammelten Schlangen nebst Beschreibungen zweier neuer Schlangenarten. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1880(8): 111–121. BHL Reference page. 
• Günther, A. 1880. Description of Ophites japonicus, a new snake from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 5 6(31–36): 462. BHL Reference page. 
• Stejneger, L.H. 1907. Herpetology of Japan and adjacent territory. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 58: xx + 1–577, 35 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Guo, P., Zhang, L., Liu, Q., Li, C., Pyron, R.A., Jiang, K. & Burbrink, F.T. 2013. Lycodon and Dinodon: one genus or two? Evidence from molecular phylogenetics and morphological comparisons. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68(1): 144–149. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.008 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Lycodon orientalis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 August 2020.
• Kidera, N. & Ota, H. 2017. IUCN: Lycodon orientalis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T48889843A48889862. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T48889843A48889862.en

Vernacular names

• English: Oriental Odd-tooth Snake
• 日本語: シロマダラ
• русский: Восточный динодон