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Species of snake

Lycodon zawi
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Lycodon
Species: L. zawi
Binomial name
Lycodon zawi
Slowinski et al., 2001

Lycodon zawi, commonly known as Zaw's wolf snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to South Asia and Southeast Asia

Etymology

The specific name, zawi, is in honor of U Khin Maung Zaw, Director of the Myanmar Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division.

Geographic range

L. zawi is found in Bangladesh, northeastern India (Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura), and Myanmar (formerly called Burma).

Description

Dorsally, L. zawi is brownish black with white crossbands. Ventrally, it is cream-colored. It can grow to 48 cm (19 inches) in total length (including tail).

Habitat

Zaw's wolf snake was discovered dwelling in forests and near streams at elevations of less than 500 m (1,600 ft) in Assam, India, including Garbhange Reserve Forest, and in northern Myanmar.

Diet

L. zawi feeds mainly on small lizards such as skinks and geckos.

Reproduction

L. zawi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Wogan, G.; Vogel, G. (2012). "Lycodon zawi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T176846A1449629. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T176846A1449629.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Slowinski et al., 2001, p. 402.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lycodon zawi, p. 293).
  4. ^ Species Lycodon zawi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  5. Slowinski et al., 2001, p. 398.
  6. Slowinski et al., 2001, p. 403.

Further reading

  • Das I (2012). A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. Oxford, England: John Beaufoy Publishing. 176 pp. ISBN 978-1906780708.
  • Majumder, Joydeb (2018). "Record of Lycodon zawi (Squamata: Colubridae) in Tripura and its range extension in northeast India: an Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspots of the world". Biodiversity International Journal 2 (3): 303–304.
  • Slowinski JB, Pawar SS, Win H, Thin T, Gyi SW, Oo SL, Tun H (2001). "A New Lycodon (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Northeast India and Myanmar (Burma)". Proceedings of the California Acadademy of Sciences 52: 397–405. (Lycodon zawi, new species).
  • Whitaker R, Captain A (2008). Snakes of India: The Field Guide. Chennai: Draco Books. 495 pp. ISBN 978-8190187305.


Taxon identifiers
Lycodon zawi


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