Lycodon laoensis, Albert Charles Lewis Günther, 1864
(In Thai: งูปล้องฉนวนลาว, ngu plong cha nuan lao)
Lycodon laoensis, commonly known as the Indochinese wolf snake or Laotian wolf snake, is a species of colubrid snake, which is endemic to Asia.
Geographic range
It is found in India, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, China (Yunnan), and West Malaysia.
Description
Dorsally it is dark brown, with a whitish or yellowish crossband on the occiput, and similar body crossbands which bifurcate on the sides. Ventrally it is whitish. Adults are about .5 m (20 inches) in total length, which includes the tail of about 10 cm (4 inches).
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Scientific classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Subphylum
Vertebrata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Suborder
Serpentes
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Lycodon
Species
Lycodon laoensis
Common names
German: Laotische Wolfszahnnatter
English:
Laotian wolf snake
Indochinese wolf snake
Yellow-barred wolf snake
Laos wolf snake
Thai:
งูปล้องฉนวนลาว, ngu plong cha nuan lao
งูปล้องฉนวนลายเหลือง, ngu plong cha nuan lai leuang
Synonyms
Lycodon laoensis, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
Lycodon laoensis, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
Lycodon laoensis, Benedetto Lanza (1999)
Lycodon laoensis, Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
Lycodon laoensis, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
Ophites laoensis, Ermi Zhao & Kraig Adler (1993)
Lycodon laoensis, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1943)
Lycodon laoensis, George Albert Boulenger (1893)
Lycodon laoensis, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1864)