Species of Thailand
Yellow-barred wolf snake
Binomial name: Lycodon laoensis (Albert Charles Lewis Günther, 1864)
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
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)
Yellow-barred wolf snake is found in following locations in Thailand
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- Doi Inthanon National Park
- Erawan National Park
- Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary
- Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi
- Kaeng Krachan National Park
- Khao Chamao - Khao Wong National Park
- Khao Yai National Park
- Mu Ko Chang National Park
- Mueang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai
- Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary
- Sai Yok National Park
- Sakaerat Environmental Research Station
- Thap Lan National Park
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
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- Doi Inthanon National Park
- Erawan National Park
- Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary
- Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi
- Kaeng Krachan National Park
- Khao Chamao - Khao Wong National Park
- Khao Yai National Park
- Mu Ko Chang National Park
- Mueang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai
- Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary
- Sai Yok National Park
- Sakaerat Environmental Research Station
- Thap Lan National Park
Range map of Lycodon laoensis in Thailand
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