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Lycophidion ornatum PARKER, 1936

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Higher TaxaLamprophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Ornate Wolf Snake 
SynonymLycophidion ornatum PARKER 1936: 122
Lycophidion capense ornatum — LOVERIDGE 1942: 266
Lycophidion ornatum — LAURENT 1968: 470
Lycophidion ornatum — BROADLEY & HUGHES 1993: 12
Lycophidion ornatum — BROADLEY 1998
Lycophidion ornatum — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 25
Lycophidion ornatum — BROADLEY 1996
Lycophidion ornatum — CHIRIO & LEBRETON 2007
Lycophidion ornatum — WALLACH et al. 2014: 411
Lycophidion ornatum — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 401 
DistributionAngola, N/S/E Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Congo (Brazzaville), Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, W Tanzania, Republic of South Sudan (RSS), Cameroon (Broadley 1992), Nigeria.

Type locality: Congulu, Angola.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1936.8.1.690 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Postnasal usually separated from first supralabial. Dorsal scales with single apical pits, in 17-17- 17 rows; ventrals 179-198 in males, 188-206 in females; subcaudals 41-52 in males, 34-46 in females (Broadley 1996: 16).


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CommentDistribution: Map: Laurent 1968: 482, Broadley 1996 
EtymologyThe Latin ornata, -us, = decorated" or "ornamented," refers to the ornate coloration. 
References
  • Behangana, M., Ayebare, S., Magala, R., Lukwago, W., Ssekisambu, R. S., Alezuyo, C., ... & Hughes, D. 2023. Establishing baseline data for herpetofauna in western Uganda, an East African biodiversity hotspot: Reptile and amphibian diversity in Uganda. Herpetology Notes, 16, 773-789 - get paper here
  • Broadley, D G 1992. The taxonomy and zoogeography of the genus Lycophidion (Serpentes: Colubridae). Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 40: 30-36 - get paper here
  • Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70
  • Broadley, D.G. 1996. A revision of the genus Lycophidion Fitzinger (Serpentes: Colubridae) in Africa south of the equator. Syntarsus 3: 1-33. - get paper here
  • Broadley, D.G. 1998. The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). In: Schmidt, K.P. and Noble, G.K., Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo... [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers]. SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, 780 pp.
  • 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
  • Chifundera, K. 1990. Snakes of Zaire and their bites. Afr. Stud. Monogr. (Kyoto) 10(3): 137-157.
  • 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, L. & Lebreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp.
  • Gower, D.; Garrett, K. & Stafford, P. 2012. Snakes. Firefly Books, Buffalo, NY,<br />144 p..
  • Hughes, Daniel F., Eli Greenbaum and Mathias Behangana. 2016. Lycophidion ornatum (Ornate Wolf Snake) Diet and feeding behavior. Herpetological Review 47 (1): 147-148 - get paper here
  • Laurent, R.F. 1968. A re-examination of the snake genus Lycophidion Duméril & Bibron. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 136 (12): 461-482 - get paper here
  • Loveridge, A. 1942. Scientific results of a fourth expedition to forested areas in east and central Africa. IV. Reptiles. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 91: 237-373 - get paper here
  • Marques, Mariana P.; Luis M. P. Ceríaco , David C. Blackburn , and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola -- Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 65: 1-501 (Supplement II)
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  • Pauwels, O. S., & Colyn, M. 2023. On a Diverse Collection of Snakes from Amadjabe, Left Bank of the Congo River, Northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society, 58(3), 34-47 - get paper here
  • Pitman,C.R.S. 1974. A guide to the snakes of Uganda. Codicote, Wheldon & Wesley, L., 290 pp.
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  • 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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