Lycodon tiwarii

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: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Name

Lycodon tiwarii Biswas & Sanyal, 1965: 137

• Holotype: ZSI 20849, collected by K.K. Tiwari on 5 February 1959.
• Type locality: “Mayabundar, North Andaman, Andaman Islands”.

Native distribution areas

• India: Andaman Islands: North Andaman; Nicobar Islands: Nancowry, Camorta, Katchall, Tarasa, Tillanchong and Bompoka.

References

Primary references

• Biswas, S. & Sanyal, D.P. 1965. A new species of wolf-snake of the genus Lycodon Boie (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Calcutta 18(2): 137–141.

Additional references

• Das, I. 1999. Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Ota, H. (ed) Tropical Island herpetofauna., Elsevier, pp. 43-77.
• Sharma, R. C. 2004. Handbook Indian Snakes. AKHIL BOOKS, New Delhi, 292 pp.
• Whitaker, R. & Captain, A. 2004. Snakes of India. The Field Guide. Draco Books, 500 pp. Reference page. 
• Vijayakumar, S.P. & David, P. 2006. Taxonomy, Natural History, and Distribution of the Snakes of the Nicobar Islands (India), Based on New Materials and with an Emphasis on Endemic Species. Russian Journal of Herpetology 13(1): 11–40.

Links

• Mohapatra, P. 2021. IUCN: Lycodon tiwarii  (). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T202845A2757292. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T202845A2757292.en. Accessed on 18 September 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Andaman Wolf Snake