Lycodon tiwarii

Lycodon tiwarii, commonly known as the Andaman wolf snake and Tiwari's wolf snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands of India.[2][3][4]

Lycodon tiwarii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Lycodon
Species:
L. tiwarii
Binomial name
Lycodon tiwarii
Biswas & Sanyal, 1965[1]

Etymology

The specific name, tiwarii, is in honor of Indian zoologist Krishna Kant Tiwari.[5]

Reproduction

L. tiwarii is oviparous.[6]

References
  1. Biswas S, Sanyal DP (1965). "A new species of wolf-snake of the genus Lycodon Boie (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Calcutta 18 (2): 137-141. (Lycodon tiwarii, new species).
  2. Das I (1999). "Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India". pp. 43–77. In: Ota H (editor) (1999). Tropical Island Herpetofauna: Origin, Current Diversity, and Conservation. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. 353 pp. ISBN 978-0444501950.
  3. Krishnan S (2003). "The distribution of some reptiles in the Nicobar Islands, India". ANET technical report – May 2003.
  4. Vijayakumar SP, David P (2006). "Taxonomy, Natural History, And Distribution Of The Snakes Of The Nicobar Islands (INDIA), Based On New Materials And With An Emphasis On Endemic Species". Russian Journal of Herpetology 13 (1): 11–40.
  5. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lycodon tiwarii, p. 266).
  6. Species Lycodon tiwarii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Whitaker R, Captain A (2008). Snakes of India: The Flield Guide. Cennai: Draco Books. 495 pp. ISBN 978-8190187305.



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.