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Lycodon yunnanensis (WERNER, 1922)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Yunnan Wolf Snake
G: Yunnan Wolfszahnnatter 
SynonymDinodon yunnanensis WERNER 1922: 221
Lycodon yunnanensis — VOGEL et al. 2024

Dinodon yunnanensis — Zhao & Adler (1993: 246, in part)
Dinodon yunnanensis — Zhao et al. (1998: 180, in part)
Lycodon fasciatus — Schmidt (1927: 523) (non Lycodon fasciatus Anderson, 1879)
Lycodon fasciatus — Bourret (1936: 155, in part)
Lycodon fasciatus — Pope (1929: 426, in part)
Ophites fasciatus — Zhao & Adler (1993: 246, in part).
Lycodon synaptor — Guo et al. 2013: 145 (in part) (non Lycodon synaptor Vogel & David, 2010)
Lycodon synaptor — Siler et al. (2013: 272; in part)
Lycodon synaptor — Guo et al. (2015: 4, 168; in part) 
DistributionChina (Yunnan)

Type locality: Yunnanfu, now Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NMW 23417; female 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • VOGEL, G., LIU, S., DAVID, P., & VAN NGUYEN, T. A. N. 2024. Solving of the long-term question: resurrection of Dinodon yunnanensis Werner, 1922 (Squamata: Colubridae: Lycodon). Zootaxa, 5551(2), 201-241 - get paper here
  • Werner, FRANZ 1922. Neue Reptilien aus Süd-China, gesammelt von Dr. H. Handel-Mazzetti. Anz. Akad. Wissensch. Wien, ser. Mathemat.-Naturwissensch., Vienna, 59 (24-25): 220-222.
 
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