Biology:Lycodon

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Short description: Genus of snakes


Lycodon
Lycodon aulicus sal.jpg
Lycodon aulicus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Lycodon
Fitzinger, 1826[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Cercaspis, Coluber, Leptorhytaon, Ophites, Dryocalamus, Sphecodes, Tetragonosoma, Tytleria[2]

Lycodon subcinctus, Malayan banded wolfsnake, in Letefoho, East Timor

Lycodon is a genus of colubrid snakes, commonly known as wolf snakes.[3] The Neo-Latin name Lycodon is derived from the Greek words λύκος (lykos) meaning wolf and οδόν (odon) meaning tooth,[4] and refers to the fang-like anterior maxillary and mandibular teeth.[2] They are nonvenomous, but many members of this genus strongly resemble the venomous kraits in appearance, an example of Emsleyan mimicry.

Species

The genus Lycodon comprises 73 recognized species.[5]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lycodon.

References

  1. Fitzinger LI (1826). Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften. Nebst einer Verwandtschafts-tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K.K. zoologischen Museums zu Wien. Vienna: J.G. Heubner, five unnumbered + 67 pp. + one plate. (Lycodon, new genus, p. 57). (in German and Latin).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part.. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Genus Lycodon, p. 348, Figure 23).
  3. "Home". http://www.britannica.com/. 
  4. Mish, Frederick C. (Editor in Chief) (2004). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. 40a + 1,623 pp. ISBN:0-87779-809-5. ("lycopodium", p. 742; "odonate" p. 860).
  5. Uetz, Peter; Hallermann, Jakob. "Lycodon ". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/search?search=Lycodon&submit=Search. Retrieved 11 June 2015. 
  6. Luu, Vinh Quang; Ziegler, Thomas; Ha, Nghia Van; Le, Minh Duc; Hoang, Tuoi Thi (2019-04-17). "A new species of Lycodon Boie, 1826 (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam". Zootaxa 4586 (2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4586.2.3. ISSN 1175-5334. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332462303. 
  7. "Lycodon zawi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Wikidata ☰ Q2450227 entry