Lycodon yunnanensis

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 Superclassis: 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 yunnanensis

Name

Lycodon yunnanensis (Werner, 1922)

• Holotype: NHMW 23417, ♀, collected by H. Handel-Mazzetti.
• Type locality: “Yunnanfu” [=Kunming City], Yunnan Province, China.

Combinations

• Dinodon yunnanensis Werner, 1922: 221 [original combination]
• Lycodon yunnanensis — Vogel, Liu, David & Nguyen, 2024: 204 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Werner, F. 1922. Neue Reptilien aus Süd-China, gesammelt von Dr. H. Handel-Mazzetti. Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 59(24-25): 220-222.
• Vogel, G., Liu, S., David, P. & Nguyen, T.V. 2024. Solving of the long-term question: resurrection of Dinodon yunnanensis Werner, 1922 (Squamata: Colubridae: Lycodon). Zootaxa 5551(2): 201–241. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.2.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Yunnan Wolf Snake