Wolf Snakes and Bridal Snakes
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 (lykos) meaning wolf and οδόν (odon) meaning tooth, and refers to the fang-like anterior maxillary and mandibular teeth.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 77 known species
Red-banded Snake
speciesLycodon rufozonatus
Common Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon capucinus
Indian Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon aulicus
Formosa Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon ruhstrati
Big-tooth Snake
speciesLycodon flavozonatus
Indochinese Banded Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon neomaculatus
Travancore Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon travancoricus
Russell's Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon fasciolatus
Futsing Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon futsingensis
Loo-Choo Big-tooth Snake
speciesLycodon semicarinatus
Laotian Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon laoensis
Malayan Banded Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon subcinctus
Barred Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon striatus
Blanford's Bridle Snake
speciesLycodon davisonii
Malayan Bridal Snake
speciesLycodon subannulatus
Banded Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon fasciatus
Sichuan Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon liuchengchaoi
Oriental Odd-tooth Snake
speciesLycodon orientalis
Dark Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon albofuscus
Sakishima Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon walli
Scarce Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon effraenis
Butler's Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon butleri
Rose Big-tooth Snake
speciesLycodon rosozonatus
Ceylon Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon carinatus
Striped Dwarf Treesnake
speciesLycodon tristrigatus
Vellore Bridal Snake
speciesLycodon nympha
Yunnan Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon yunnanensis
Namdong Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon chapaensis
Yellow-speckled Wolfsnake
speciesLycodon jara
Andaman Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon hypsirhinoides
Painted Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon pictus
Yellow-collared Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon flavicollis
Northern Large-toothed Snake
speciesLycodon septentrionalis
Truong’s wolf snake
speciesLycodon truongi
Ryukyu Mountain Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon multifasciatus
Boehme’s wolf Snake
speciesLycodon synaptor
Zaw's Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon zawi
Gongshan Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon gongshan
Mackinnon's Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon bicolor
Huaping Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon cathaya
Palawan Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon sealei
Luding Kukri Snake
speciesLycodon multizonatus
Snake-eater Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon ophiophagus
Panzhihua Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon obvelatus
Rendahl's Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon paucifasciatus
Muller's Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon muelleri
Yellow-spotted Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon flavomaculatus
Philippine Dryocalamus
speciesLycodon philippinus
Duméril's Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon dumerilii
Gammie's Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon gammiei
Alcala's Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon alcalai
Deccan Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon deccanensis
Gua Wang Burma Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon cavernicolus
Sulawesi Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon stormi
Three-banded Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon trifasciatus
Limestone Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon calcarophilus
Gibson's wolf snake
speciesLycodon gibsonae
Cardamom Mountain Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon cardamomensis
East Himalayan Banded Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon latifasciatus
Zayu Wolf Snake
speciesLycodon zayuensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 29545.