Lycodon jara

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Twin-spotted Wolf Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Genus: Lycodon Species: L. jara
Binomial name
Lycodon jara (Shaw, 1802)

Twin-spotted Wolf Snake Lycodon jara is a species of snake found in India (Assam, Ganjam, Arunachal Pradesh (Chessa, Itanagar - Papum Pare district), Uttar Pradesh), Bangladesh and Nepal.

[edit] External links

• EMBL reptile database

[edit] References

• Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
• 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
• Shaw, G. 1802 General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol.3, part 1 + 2. G. Kearsley, Thomas Davison, London: 313-615