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Lycodon aulicus
Indian wolf snake
Conservation status
Lycodon aulicus
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Lycodon
Species:
L. aulicus
Binomial name
Lycodon aulicus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms

Coluber aulicus Linnaeus, 1758
Lycodon aulicus F. Boie, 1827[2]

Lycodon aulicus, commonly known as the Indian wolf snake or common wolf snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake found in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Early naturalists have suggested its resemblance to the venomous common krait as an instance of Batesian mimicry.[3]

  1. ^ Wogan, G.; Diesmos, A.C.; Gonzalez, J.C.; Srinivasulu, C.; Mohapatra, P.; Srinivasulu, B.; Das, A.; Ganesh, S.R.; Wickramasinghe, L.J.M. (2021). "Lycodon aulicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T172705A1371194. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T172705A1371194.en. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  2. ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume I. London.
  3. ^ Abercromby, A F (July 2009). The Snakes of Ceylon. pp. 52–53. ISBN 978-1-110-73774-1. Another striking example of protective imitation is the way in which the little Lycodon Aulicus (sic) imitates the deadly Bungarus ...[T]o make the deception complete, the Lycodon has enlarged front teeth in imitation of the fangs of the Bungarus ...

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