| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Common Wolf Snake |
| Synonym | Lycodon solivagus OTA & ROSS 1994
Lycodon solivagus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 396 |
| Distribution | N Philippines (Luzon)
Type locality: Cabatacan Barrio, Lasam, Cagayan Province, Luzon Island (18°00'N, 121°35'E)
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype:-PNM 2046, an adult female captured on 28 April 1989, by H. Ota. Paratype.-USNM 319290, a juvenile female, (17°05'N, 121°25'E) |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: This species is distinct from other congeneric species in having the loreal nearly square and separated from the upper preocular, 198-203 ventral scales, and 13-14 transverse light bands only on the anterior three-fourths of the body, and by lacking keels on dorsal scales. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The species epithet solivagus derives from the Latin solus and vagus meaning wandering alone, because the holotype was collected by us as it was wandering solitarily. |
| References |
- Brown; Rafe; Cameron Siler, Carl Oliveros, Luke Welton, Ashley Rock, John Swab, Merlijn Van Weerd, Jonah van Beijnen, Dominic Rodriguez, Edmund Jose, Arvin Diesmos 2013. The amphibians and reptiles of Luzon Island, Philippines, VIII: the herpetofauna of Cagayan and Isabela Provinces, northern Sierra Madre Mountain Range. ZooKeys 266 (2013) Special Issue: 1-120<br />doi: 10.3897/zookeys.266.3982 - get paper here
- Gaulke, M. 2002. A new species of Lycodon from Panay Island, Philippines (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae). Spixiana 25 (1): 85-92 - get paper here
- Gojo-Cruz, Paul Henric P. and Leticia E. Afuang 2018. The Zoogeographic Significance of Caraballo Mountain Range, Luzon Island, Philippines With Focus on the Biogeography of Luzon’s Herpetofauna. Philippine Journal of Science 147 (3): 393-409 - get paper here
- Janssen HY, Pham CT, Ngo HT, Le MD, Nguyen TQ, Ziegler T 2019. A new species of Lycodon Boie, 1826 (Serpentes, Colubridae) from northern Vietnam. ZooKeys 875: 1-29 - get paper here
- 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 - get paper here
- Ota H. & Ross C. A. 1994. Four new species of Lycodon (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the northern Philippines. Copeia 1994 (1): 159-174. - get paper here
- Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
- Weinell, Jeffrey L.; Errol Hooper, Alan E. Leviton, Rafe M. Brown 2019. Illustrated Key to the Snakes of the Philippines. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (4) 66 (1): 1-49 - get paper here
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