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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Russell´s wolfsnake
G: Gebänderte Wolfszahnnatter, Russells Wolfszahnnatter
E: Colombo Wolf Snake [anamallensis] 
SynonymColuber fasciolatus SHAW 1802: 528
Coluber hebe DAUDIN 1803: 385 (fide SMITH 1943)
Coluber hebe — CUVIER & DUMÉRIL 1818: 190
[Natrix] hebe – MERREM 1820: 95.
Lycodon Hebe – BOIE 1826: 238 [partim]
Lycodon Hebe – BOIE in BOIE, F. 1827: 551 [partim]
Lycodon Hebe – SCHLEGEL 1827: 293 [partim]
Lycodon Hebe – WAGLER 1830: 186
Coluber hebe — GRAY 1831: 92
Coluber fasciolatus – GMELIN 1809: 590
Coluber fasciolatus – GRAY 1831: 92
Coluber fasciolatus – CANTOR 1847: 73
Coluber fasciolatus – CANTOR 1847: 919
Coluber fasciolatus – CANTOR 1848: 274
Coluber fasciolatus – FRORIEP & SCHOMBURGK 1848: 282
Coluber fasciolatus – JERDON 1853: 529
Coluber fasciolatus – BLYTH 1855: 740
Coluber hebe — HOEVEN 1856: 282.
Lycodon anamallensis GÜNTHER 1864: 318
Lycodon Hebe – SCHLEGEL 1837: 106 [partim]
Lycodon Hebe – FILIPPI 1840: 183 [partim]
Lycodon Hebe – FITZINGER 1843: 27 [partim]
Lycodon Hebe – BURMEISTER 1850: 80
Lycodon Hebe – BEDDOME 1862: 22.
Coryphodon fasciolatus – GÜNTHER 1858: 109 [partim]
Coryphodon fasciolatus – GRAY 1863: 83 [partim]
Lycodon aulicum – DUMÉRIL et al. 1854: 370 [Varieté B, partim, non Lycodon aulicus (LINNAEUS 1758)]
Ophites anamallensis – WALL 1923
Lycodon osmanhilli TAYLOR 1950: 562
Lycodon osmanhilli — DAS 1996: 57
Lycodon osmanhilli — SOMAWEERA 2006
Lycodon osmanhilli — SILVA 2009: 82
Lycodon osmanhilli — KARUNARATHNA & AMARASINGHE 2011
Lycodon anamallensis — GANESH & VOGEL 2018
Lycodon osmanhilli — MADAWALA et al. 2019
Lycodon fasciolatus — DEEPAK et al. 2021 
DistributionIndia (Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa = Odisha, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana),
Sri Lanka

Type locality: “India” [Coromandel Coast]

anamallensis: India (Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Sri Lanka; Type locality: Anamallay Hills of the Western Ghats

hebe: Type locality: “Coromandel”

osmanhilli: Sri Lanka; Type locality: Colombo, Ceylon  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: iconotype, Russell 1796, plate 21; lectotype designations by Kramer (1977) and Wallach et al. (2014) are invalid.
Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.14.92 [anamallensis]
Holotype: KU (= KUMNH) 24141 [osmanhilli] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2546 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentShaw’s description was based on a plate in Russell, Ind. Serp. (1796).

Synonymy: mainly based on Deepak et al. (2021). Note the confusing history of names of this species and Platyceps plinii. Lycodon osmanhilli has been considered as a subspecies or variant of Lycodon aulicus (see LANZA 1999 for discussion). Listed as synonym of L. aulicus by WALLACH et al. 2014: 391. Ganesh & Vogel 2018 have resurrected L. anamallensis and synonymized L. osmanhilli with it. However, Deepak et al. 2021 again synonymized anamallensis (including osmanhilli) with L. fasciolatus.

Distribution: not in Nepal (as claimed by KRAMER 1977) nor in Bhutan (as suggested by Lenz 2012).

NCBI taxonID: 1297014 [anamallensis] 
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