Lycodon
Lycodon is a genus of colubrid snakes, commonly known as wolf snakes. The New Latin name Lycodon is derived from the Greek words λύκος meaning wolf and οδόν meaning tooth, and refers to the fang-like anterior maxillary and mandibular teeth.Species
The genus Lycodon comprises 64 recognized species.
- Lycodon albofuscus
- Lycodon alcalai
- Lycodon anamallensis
- Lycodon aulicus
- Lycodon banksi Luu et al., 2018
- Lycodon bibonius
- Lycodon butleri
- Lycodon capucinus
- Lycodon cardamomensis
- Lycodon carinatus
- Lycodon cavernicolus
- Lycodon chithrasekarai Wickramasinghe et al., 2020
- Lycodon chrysoprateros
- Lycodon davidi
- Lycodon davisonii
- Lycodon dumerili
- Lycodon effraenis
- Lycodon fasciatus
- Lycodon fausti
- Lycodon ferroni
- Lycodon flavicollis
- Lycodon flavomaculatus
- Lycodon flavozonatus
- Lycodon futsingensis
- Lycodon gammiei
- Lycodon gibsonae
- Lycodon gongshan
- Lycodon gracilis
- Lycodon hypsirhinoides
- Lycodon jara
- Lycodon kundui
- Lycodon laoensis
- Lycodon liuchengchaoi
- Lycodon mackinnoni
- Lycodon meridionale
- Lycodon muelleri
- Lycodon multifasciatus
- Lycodon multizonatus
- Lycodon namdongensis
- Lycodon nympha
- Lycodon ophiophagus
- Lycodon orientalis
- Lycodon paucifasciatus
- Lycodon philippinus
- Lycodon pictus
- Lycodon rosozonatus
- Lycodon rufozonatus
- Lycodon ruhstrati
- Lycodon sealei
- Lycodon semicarinatus
- Lycodon septentrionalis
- Lycodon sidiki
- Lycodon solivagus
- Lycodon stormi
- Lycodon striatus
- Lycodon subannulatus
- Lycodon subcinctus
- Lycodon synaptor
- Lycodon tessellatus
- Lycodon tiwarii
- Lycodon travancoricus
- Lycodon tristrigatus
- Lycodon zawi
- Lycodon zoosvictoriae
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lycodon.
