| Zaw's wolf snake | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Lycodon |
| Species: | L. zawi |
| Binomial name | |
| Lycodon zawi Slowinski et al., 2001 |
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Zaw's wolf snake (Lycodon zawi) is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake.
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It is found in Myanmar and NE India.
Lycodon zawi is black with white bands. It can grow to .5 m (20 inches) in total length.
Zaw's wolf snake was discovered dwelling in forests and near streams at elevations of less than 500 m in Assam, India, including Garbhange Reserve Forest, and in northern Myanmar.
It feeds mainly on geckos.