Lycodon mackinnoni WALL, 1906
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Mackinnon's Wolf Snake |
Synonym | Lycodon mackinnoni WALL 1906 Ophites mackinnoni — WALL 1923: 614 Lycodon mackinnoni — SMITH 1943: 263 Lycodon mackinnoni — LANZA 1999: 99 Lycodon mackinnoni — WALLACH et al. 2014: 395 |
Distribution | India (Uttar Pradesh), NE Pakistan Type locality: “neighbourhood of Mussoorie, Himalayas, at an altitude of 6,100 feet” [= Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh, N India, 30°27’N, 78°04’E, elevation 1900 m]. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Type: BMNH 1946.1.13.81 (and possibly additional specimens). |
Diagnosis | Description: Snout projecting beyond the lower jaw; posterior nasal distinctly smaller than the anterior; loreal extensively in contact with the internasal, not touching the eye (united with the prefrontal in the type); a preocular; temporals 1+2 or 2 + 3; 8 supralabials; anterior genials larger than the posterior. Scales in 17; 17; 15 rows, smooth. V. 163-187, feebly angulate laterally; C. 48-56; A. 2. The hemipenis can be divided into two parts, a distal transversely flounced portion and a proximal in which there are a few, very large spines. Coloration: Dark brown or chocolate above, with a network of white lines, the light colour being confined to tbe edges and tips of the scales; uniform white below or the ventrals edged with brown (Smith 1943: 263). |
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Etymology | Named after Philip W. Mackinnon, an all-round naturalist, who lived in Mussoorie in Uttar Pradesh in the foothills of the Himalayas. |
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