Lycodon striatus

Lycodon striatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: 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 striatus

Name

Lycodon striatus (Shaw, 1802)

• Lectotype: iconotype, a 356 mm specimen described and illustrated in P. Russell (1796: 22, pl. 16). [designated by Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014: 404)]
• Type locality: “Vizagapatam, coast of Coromandel, India”.

Combinations

• Coluber striatus Shaw, 1802: 527 [original combination]
• Lycodon striatus — Stoliczka, 1870 [subsequent combination]
• Ophites striatus — Wall, 1921 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Coluber malignus Daudin, 1803
• Lycodon galathea Daudin, 1803
• Lycodon napei Duméril & Bibron, 1854: 384

References

Primary references

• Shaw, G. 1802. General zoology or systematic natural history. Volume III. Amphibia. Thomas Davison: London. Part I: vi + 1–312 pp. BHL; Part II: v + 313–615 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page. 

Links

• Papenfuss, T., Shafiei Bafti, S., Sharifi, M., Ananjeva, N.B., Orlov, N.L., Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Vyas, R., Kulkarni, N.U., Borkin, L., Milto, K., Golynsky, E., Rustamov, A, Munkhbayar, K., Nuridjanov, D. & Litvinchuk, S. 2021. IUCN: Lycodon striatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T164649A1064113. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T164649A1064113.en. Accessed on 26 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Northern Wolf Snake