Lycodon striatus

Lycodon striatus

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 striatus
Subspecies: L. s. bicolor – L. s. sinhaleyus – L. s. striatus

Name

Lycodon striatus (Shaw, 1802)

Type locality: Vizagapatam and Hyderabad.

Synonyms

• Coluber striatus Shaw, 1802: 527
• Coluber malignus Daudin, 1803 (fide Smith, 1943)
• Lycodon galathea Daudin, 1803 (fide Smith, 1943)
• Lycodon striatus — Stoliczka, 1870
• Ophites striatus — Wall, 1921
• Lycodon striatus — Wall, 1921: 147
• Lycodon napei Duméril & Bibron, 1854: 384 (fide Wall, 1921)
• Lycodon striatus — Boulenger, 1893: 349
• Lycodon striatus — Smith, 1943: 161
• Lycodon striatus — Lanza, 1999: 99

References

• Shaw, G. 1802. General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol.3, part 1 + 2. G. Kearsley, Thomas Davison, London: 313–615.
• Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 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 striatus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Northern Wolf Snake