Lycodon aulicus

Lycodon aulicus
Indian wolf snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Lycodon
Species:
L. aulicus
Binomial name
Lycodon aulicus
Synonyms

Coluber aulicus Linnaeus, 1758
Lycodon aulicus F. Boie, 1827

Lycodon aulicus, commonly known as the Indian wolf snake and the common wolf snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. Early naturalists suggested its resemblance to the venomous common krait, an instance of Batesian mimicry.

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