Lycodon irwini NAVEEN, MIRZA, CHOURE & CHANDRAMOULI, 2025
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Lycodon irwini
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Irwin’s Wolf Snake |
| Synonym | Lycodon irwini NAVEEN, MIRZA, CHOURE & CHANDRAMOULI 2025 Lycodon subcinctus – HARIKRISHNAN et al. (2010). Lycodon cf. subcinctus – LIU et al. 2023 Lycodon cf. subcinctus – NGUYEN et al. 2024 |
| Distribution | India (Great Nicobar Island) Type locality: near Gandhi Nagar, Great Nicobar Island (6.810923°N, 93.878795°E; 140 m asl) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. DOSMB 05114 (adult female), collected on 15th August 2017 by S.R. Chandramouli. Paratypes. One adult female, ZSI/ANRC/T/10643 collected from Govind Nagar, at the 10 km point, along the East-West Road, Great Nicobar Other material: ZSI/ANRC |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (n=3): A Lycodon characterized by the following characters: body size fairly large, maximum known total length up to 1197 mm, slender; preocular maybe present or absent (present here only in the holotype), loreal touching orbit; dorsal scale rows 17-17-15, anterior part of the body with smooth scales and posterior parts with the outer-most rows smooth and the remaining rows feebly keeled; ventral scales 223–238; subcaudals 78–94, paired; TaL/TL 0.20–0.23; supralabials 8, with the 3rd–5th touching orbit; postoculars 2/2; cloacal plate divided. Dorsum overall in a shade of glossy black, lacking bands and ventrally greyish black with cream ventrolateral ridge. (Naveen et al. 2025) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about about 1.81 pages) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
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| Etymology | Named after Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 1962–1964 September 2006), the renowned Australian zookeeper, conservationist, television personality, and wildlife educator. |
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