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Lycodon septentrionalis (GÜNTHER, 1875)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: White-banded Wolf Snake, Northern Large-toothed Snake
G: Nördliche Grosszahnnatter
Chinese: 白链蛇 
SynonymOphites septentrionalis GÜNTHER 1875: 233
Ophites septentrionalis — GÜNTHER 1888: 171
Lycodon septentrionalis – BOULENGER 1890
Dinodon septentrionalis — BOULENGER 1893: 363
Dinodon septentrionalis — SMITH 1943: 270
Dinodon septentrionalis septentrionalis — TAYLOR 1965: 754
Dinodon septentrionalis — DAS 1996: 56
Dinodon septentrionalis — ORLOV et al. 2003
Dinodon septentrionalis — STUART et al. 2006
Dinodon septentrionale — DAVID et al. 2004
Dinodon septentrionale — NGUYEN et al. 2009
Lycodon septentrionalis — SILER et al. 2013 (by implication)
Dinodon septentrionale — WALLACH et al. 2014: 237
Dinodon septentrionalis — CHAN-ARD et al. 2015: 200
Lycodon cf. septentrionalis — YANG et al. 2019 
DistributionIndia (Darjeeling, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, N Mizoram, West Bengal), Bhutan,
Myanmar (= Burma: Kayin, N Kachin, N Mon), Laos (Xieng Khoang), Vietnam (Thua-Thien Hue Province, Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Bac Kan, Cao Bang, Vinh Phuc, Nghe An, Quang Binh, Ha Tinh), Thailand (Chiang-Mai), Cambodia (Mondolkiri),
China (Yunnan); elevation 900-1000 m.

Type locality: Eastern Himalayas or Khasi Hills, North India  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.14.96 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Black with 25 to 35 narrow white or yellowish bars, becoming wider on sides; venter whitish; tail black below; 207-212 ventrals with lateral keels; 81-92 caudals; anal, single. (Taylor 1965: 754)


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CommentDistribution: records from Taiwan and Japan are in error and are due to confusuion with Ophites ruhstrati. Possibly in Bhutan (Lenz 2012).

Synonymy: Dinodon septentrionale chapaense ANGEL & BOURRET 1933 was resurrected from synonymy and elevated to full species status by Wang et al. 2020. 
EtymologyThe specific epithet is an adjective in the nominative case derived from the Latin for ‘northern’, referring to the distribution of this species. 
References
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