Lycodon capucinus
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| Species: | L. capucinus
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| Lycodon capucinus (Daudin, 1803)
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Common Wolf Snake Lycodon capucinus is a species of snake. Distribution:
- Australia (Cook Islands),
- Myanmar (= Burma), Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Laos,
- SE China, Hong Kong,
- India (Andaman Islands),
- Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Bali, Sumbawa, Sumba, Komodo, Flores, Lomblen, Alor, Sawu, Roti, Timor, Wetar, Babar Islands, Kalao, Salajar, Buton, Sulawesi),
- West Malaysia, Johor
- Pulau Besar,
- Maldives, Mascarenes (Mauritius, Reunion; fide Glaw, pers. comm.),
- Philippine Islands (Bantayan, Cebu, Cuyo, Leyte, Luzon Masbate, Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros, Palawan, Panay, Samar)
Type locality: Java
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References
- Daltry, J.C. & Wüster, W. 2002 A new species of Wolf Snake (Serpentes: Colubrida, Lycodon) from the Cardamom Mountains, Southwestern Cambodia. Herpetologica 58 (4): 498-504
- Das, I. 1999 Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Ota,H. (ed) Tropical Island herpetofauna.., Elsevier, pp. 43-77
- Daudin, F. M. 1803 Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particuliere des Reptiles. Vol. 6. F. Dufart, Paris.
- Fritts, T.H. 1993 The Common Wolf Snake, Lycodon aulicus capucinus, a Recent Colonist of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean Wildlife Res 20 (2): 261-266
- Kuch, U. and J. A. McGuire 2004 Range extensions of Lycodon capucinus Boie, 1827 in eastern Indonesia. Herpetozoa 17 (3/4): 191-193
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