- Lycodon jara
Taxobox | name = Twin-spotted Wolf Snake
regnum =Animal ia
image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Lycodon jara" from North Bengal
phylum =Chordata
classis =Reptilia
ordo =Squamata
subordo =Serpentes
familia =Colubridae
genus = "Lycodon "
species = "L. jara"
binomial = "Lycodon jara"
binomial_authority = (Shaw, 1802) [Shaw, G. 1802 General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol.3, part 1 + 2. G. Kearsley, Thomas Davison, London: 313-615]Twin-spotted Wolf Snake "Lycodon jara" is a species of
snake found inIndia ,Nepal ,Java andBangladesh .Distribution
This snake is known from
Assam , northern OrissaGanjam ,Arunachal Pradesh ,Bangladesh ,Nepal and parts ofUttar Pradesh .Description
Snout much depressed ; eye rather small. Rostral much broader than long, just visible from above ; internasals much shorter than the prefrontals ; frontal as long as or a little shorter than its distance from the end of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal elongate, not entering the eye ; one pre-ocular ; two post-oculars ; temporals small, 1 + 2 ; 9 or 10 upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye ; 4 or 5 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are longer than the posterior. Scales smooth, in 17 rows. Ventrals 167-175, not angulate laterally; anal divided ; subcaudals 56-63, in two rows. Brown above, each scale with two white dots or short longitudinal lines ; labials white ; usually a white collar ; lower surface uniform white. [Boulenger, G. A. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.]
Total length 16 inches ; tail 2.75 inches.
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References
Other references
* Lanza,B. 1999 A new species of "Lycodon" from the Philippines, with a key to the genus (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae). Tropical Zoology 12: 89-104
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