Lycodon fasciatus

Lycodon fasciatus, commonly known as the banded wolf snake, is a species of colubrid snake.

Lycodon fasciatus
Lycodon fasciatus, Banded wolf snake - Phu Kradueng National Park
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Lycodon
Species:	L. fasciatus
Binomial name
Lycodon fasciatus (Anderson, 1879)
Synonyms
Ophites fasciatus Anderson, 1879 Lycodon fasciatus - Boulenger, 1890 Dinodon yunnanensis Werner, 1922 Lycodon fasciatus - M.A. Smith, 1943[2][3]

Distribution

It is found in India (Assam), Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Tibet, SW China (from Yunnan and Guangxi to Hubei, northward to Shaanxi and Gansu, Fujian, Sichuan).

Description

Adults may attain 53 cm (21 inches) in total length, with a tail 11 cm (4¼ inches) long.

Its color pattern consists of broad purplish-black rings which encircle its body and are separated by yellowish or reddish intervals. The first black ring does not encircle the neck.

The dorsal scales are in 17 rows, weakly keeled anteriorly, the keels becoming more pronounced posteriorly. The ventrals are 205–213; the anal is entire; and the divided subcaudals are 77–90.^[4]

Photos

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  Lycodon fasciatus, Banded wolf snake - Phu Kradueng National Park