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Lycophidion taylori BROADLEY & HUGHES, 1993

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Higher TaxaLamprophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Taylor’s wolf snake 
SynonymLycophidion taylori BROADLEY & HUGHES 1993
Lycophidion capense — PARKER 1949: 54 (not A. SMITH) (part.)
Lycophidion taylori — CHIRIO & INEICH 2006
Lycophidion taylori — WALLACH et al. 2014: 411
Lycophidion taylori — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 402 
DistributionS Somalia, Chad, Central African Republic, Senegal, Ethiopia, Tanzania [HR 31: 56], Sudan (Jumhūriyyat)

Type locality: Borama District at ca. 1375 m elevation (43°E 10° N)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1949.2.1.76 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Postnasal in contact with first upper labial. Dorsal scales with single apical pits, in 17-17-15 row's (17-17-17 in one Belet Amin specimen); ventrals 158-179 in males, 165-184 in females: subcaudals 30-38 in males, 26-30 in females. Posterior maxillary teeth 11-16. Dorsal white markings may be restricted to a reticulate pattern on the snout and sides of the head, with a white upper edge to each dorsal scale, but usually the whole head and dorsum is heavily stippled with white and the lower lateral scale rows are almost entirely white. Many specimens also have a white nuchal blotch or collar, which may completely encircle the neck. Skull moderate, without wel defined parietal crests. (Broadley & Hughes 1993)


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CommentLycophidion taylori resembles Lycophidion depressirostre in its association with semi-desert and dry savanna habitats and has also similar scale counts. Not listed for Tanzania by BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991. 
EtymologyNamed after Colonel R.H.R. Taylor who collected reptiles along the boundary between northern Somalia and Ethiopia in 1932/33. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Broadley, D.G. & Hughes,B. 1993. A review of the genus Lycophidion (Serpentes: Colubridae) in northeastern Africa. The Herpetological Journal 3 (1): 8-18 - get paper here
  • Chippaux, Jean-Philippe & Kate Jackson 2019. Snakes of Central and Western Africa. Johns Hopkins University Press, 448 pp. [detaileld review in HR 51 (1): 161] - get paper here
  • Chirio, Laurent and Ivan Ineich 2006. Biogeography of the reptiles of the Central African Republic. African Journal of Herpetology 55(1):23-59. - get paper here
  • Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 694 pp.
  • Largen,M.J. & Rasmussen,J.B. 1993. Catalogue of the snakes of Ethiopia (Reptilia Serpentes), including identification keys. Tropical Zoology 6: 313-434 - get paper here
  • Parker,H.W. 1949. The snakes of Somaliland and the Sokotra islands. Zoologische Verhandelingen 6: 1-115 - get paper here
  • Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here
  • Spawls, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch & Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 pp. - get paper here
  • Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here
  • Trape, J.-F. 2021. Trois serpents nouveaux du genre Lycophidion Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata : Lamprophiidae) en Afrique centrale. Bull. Soc. Herp. France 178: 24-37
  • Trape, Jean-François; Israël Demba Kodindo, Ali Sougoudi Djiddi, Joseph Mad-Toïngué & Clément Hinzoumbé Kerah 2020. The snakes of Chad: results of a field survey and annotated country-wide checklist. Bonn zoological Bulletin 69 (2): 367–393 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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