Lycodon deccanensis
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| Lycodon deccanensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Lycodon |
| Species: | L. deccanensis |
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| Lycodon deccanensis Ganesh, Deuti, Punith, Achyuthan, Mallik, Adhikari, Vogel, 2020 | |
Lycodon deccanensis, the Deccan wolf snake, is a species of nocturnal, non-venomous colubrid snake species endemic to southern India. It was previously mistaken for another related species, Lycodon travancoricus, but later taxonomic studies revealed its distinctiveness.[1]
This is a rather small and slender Lycodon with large bulgy eyes. The back is coffee brown in adults, but black in juveniles, with a series of white cross bar-like patterns on the back and sides of the body, giving a white-mottled appearance.
Etymology
The snake is named after the Deccan plateau in India.