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