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Indochinese Banded Wolfsnake
''Lycodon neomaculatus'', the Indochinese banded wolfsnake, is a snake found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Description The snake is described as having large nostrils, and white bands along its body. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q133282016 Snakes of Southeast Asia neomaculatus Reptiles described in 2024 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snakes Of Southeast Asia
Snakes are elongated limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (). Cladistically squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales much like other members of the group. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors and relatives, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads (cranial kinesis). To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side by side, and most only have one functional lung. Some species retain a pelvic girdle with a pair of vestigial claws on either side of the cloaca. Lizards have independently evolved elongate bodies without limbs or with greatly reduced limbs at least twenty-five times via convergent evolution, leading to many lineages of legless lizards. These resemble snakes, but several common groups of legless lizards have eyelids and external ears, which snakes lack, although this rule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycodon
''Lycodon'' is a genus of colubrid snakes, commonly known as wolf snakes. The Neo-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. They are nonvenomous, but many members of this genus strongly resemble the venomous kraits in appearance, an example of Emsleyan mimicry. Fossil record Fossils of ''Lycodon'' are known from the Early Pliocene of Henan. Species The genus ''Lycodon'' comprises 73 recognized species. *'' Lycodon albofuscus'' – dark wolf snake *'' Lycodon alcalai'' – Alcala's wolf snake *'' Lycodon anakradaya'' *'' Lycodon anamallensis'' – Colombo wolf snake *'' Lycodon aulicus'' – Indian wolf snake, common wolf snake *'' Lycodon banksi'' Luu et al., 2018 – Banks's wolf snake *'' Lycodon bibonius'' – Ota's wolf snake *'' Lycodon bicolor'' – Mackinnon's wolf snake *'' Lycodon butleri'' � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
