Lycodon mackinnoni

Lycodon mackinnoni, commonly known as Mackinnon's wolf snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia.

Lycodon mackinnoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Lycodon
Species:
L. mackinnoni
Binomial name
Lycodon mackinnoni
Wall, 1906
Synonyms[1]
  • Lycodon mackinnoni
    Wall, 1906
  • Ophites mackinnoni
    — Wall, 1923
  • Lycodon mackinnoni
    — M.A. Smith, 1943

Etymology

The specific name, mackinnoni, is in honor of naturalist Philip W. Mackinnon, who collected the type specimen "in his own garden at 6,100 ft" (1,900 m).[2][3]

Geographic range

L. mackinnoni is found in India (in the western Himalayas). Lycodon Mackinnoni also Founds in Pakistan Kheber Pakhtonkhawa [[Azad Jammu & Kashmir.

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Description

L. mackinnoni is a small snake. Adults may attain a total length of 36.5 cm (14.4 in), which includes a tail 6.5 cm (2.6 in) long. Dorsally, it is brown, with a network of white lines. Ventrally, it is uniformly white, or white with brown-edged ventrals. The dorsal scales are smooth, and are arranged in 17 rows at midbody. The anal plate is divided.[4]

Reproduction

L. mackinnoni is oviparous.[1]

Footnotes
  1. Species Lycodon mackinnoni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Wall (1906).
  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 mackinnoni, p. 165).
  4. Smith MA (1943).

Further reading
  • Lanza B (1999). "A new species of Lycodon from the Philippines, with a key to the genus (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae)". Tropical Zoology 12: 89-104.
  • Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Lycodon mackinnoni, p. 263).
  • Wall F (1906). "A New Himalayan Snake (Lycodon mackinnoni )". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 17: 29–30.
  • Wall F (1923). "A Hand-list of the Snakes of the Indian Empire. Part 2". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 29 (3): 598–632. (Ophites mackinnoni, p. 614).


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