Lycodon sidiki

Lycodon sidiki
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Colubridae
Genus:Lycodon
Species: L. sidiki
Binomial name
Lycodon sidiki
Vogel, Lalremsanga & Vanlalhrima, 2017

Lycodon sidiki is one of seven Sunda Shelf species of snakes in the family Colubridae. It is endemic to Aceh Province, Sumatra.[1]

Etymology

The specific name sidiki is due to honor of Indonesian herpetologist, Irvan Sidik, to his contributions for the herpetology.[1]

Description

The species can identified from other wolf snakes, by the absence of preocular scale and presence of keeled dorsal scales. Smaller snakes have bright orange-red venter and older snakes have creamy venter.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "A New Species of Wolf Snake of the Genus Lycodon H. Boie in Fitzinger (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Aceh Province of northern Sumatra, Indonesia". Zootaxa. Retrieved 19 June 2017.

Further reading

  • Wostl, E.; Hamidy, A.; Kurniawan, N.; Smith, E. N. (2017). "A new species of Wolf Snake of the genus Lycodon H. Boie in Fitzinger (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Aceh Province of northern Sumatra, Indonesia". Zootaxa. 4276 (4): 539–553. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4276.4.6.
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