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Lycodon sidiki WOSTL, HAMIDY, KURNIAWAN & SMITH, 2017

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLycodon sidiki WOSTL, HAMIDY, KURNIAWAN & SMITH 2017 
DistributionIndonesia (Sumatra: Aceh)

Type locality: between Takengon and Isaq, Aceh Province, Sumatra 04.50611 °N, 96.86061 °E, 1614 m asl  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: MZB Ophi.5980. An adult male; collected at 22:58 on 05 August 2015 by Elijah Wostl, Ilham Fonna and Muhammad Iksan as it was crossing a small rocky creek through a wooded region. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: This species of Lycodon is recognized by the presence of keeled scales, an elongate loreal scale that reaches the orbit, the absence of a preocular scale, an undivided anal scale, and a banded venter.


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CommentApparently known only from one adult male, the holotype (Wostl et al. 2017 are not explicit about this but list only one specimen). 
EtymologyThis species is named in honor of Irvan Sidik, Indonesian herpetologist, a colleague, and friend, for his numerous contributions to the herpetology of the Sunda Shelf, and his promotion of scientific collections and the study of snakes.
 
References
  • 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
  • WOSTL, ELIJAH; AMIR HAMIDY, NIA KURNIAWAN, ERIC N. SMITH 2017. A new species of Wolf Snake of the genus Lycodon H. Boie in Fitzinger (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Aceh Province of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Zootaxa 4276 (4): 539–553 - get paper here
 
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