Snout much depressed; eye rather small. Rostral much broader than long, just visible from above; internasals much shorter than the prefrontals; frontal as long as or a little shorter than its distance from the end of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals; loreal elongate, not entering the eye; one pre-ocular; two post-oculars; temporals small, 1 + 2; 9 or 10 upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye; 4 or 5 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are longer than the posterior.
Dorsal scales smooth, in 17 rows. Ventrals 167–175, not angulate laterally; anal divided; subcaudals 56–63, in two rows.
Coloration in alcohol (for preserved specimens): brown above, each scale with two white dots or short longitudinal lines; labials white; usually a white collar; lower surface uniform white.[4]
Total length 35 cm (133⁄4 inches); tail 6 cm (23⁄8 inches).[5]
lycodon, jara, commonly, known, twin, spotted, wolf, snake, species, colubrid, snake, endemic, asia, twin, spotted, wolf, snake, from, north, bengal, conservation, statusleast, concern, iucn, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, . Lycodon jara commonly known as the twin spotted wolf snake is a species of colubrid snake It is endemic to Asia Lycodon jaraA twin spotted wolf snake from North Bengal Conservation statusLeast Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ReptiliaOrder SquamataSuborder SerpentesFamily ColubridaeGenus LycodonSpecies L jaraBinomial nameLycodon jara Shaw 1802 2 SynonymsColuber jara Shaw 1802Lycodon jara Schlegel 1837Coluber bipunctatus Cantor 1839Leptorhytaon jara Gunther 1858Lycophidion bipunctatum Peters 1863Lycodon jara Stoliczka 1871 3 Contents 1 Distribution 2 Description 3 Gallery 4 References 5 Other referencesDistribution edit nbsp Dorsal scales of Lycodon jara showing the yellow twin spots to which the common name refersFound in Bangladesh India Assam Odisha Arunachal Pradesh Manipur West Bengal and parts of Uttar Pradesh and Nepal Description editSnout much depressed eye rather small Rostral much broader than long just visible from above internasals much shorter than the prefrontals frontal as long as or a little shorter than its distance from the end of the snout a little shorter than the parietals loreal elongate not entering the eye one pre ocular two post oculars temporals small 1 2 9 or 10 upper labials third fourth and fifth entering the eye 4 or 5 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin shields which are longer than the posterior Dorsal scales smooth in 17 rows Ventrals 167 175 not angulate laterally anal divided subcaudals 56 63 in two rows Coloration in alcohol for preserved specimens brown above each scale with two white dots or short longitudinal lines labials white usually a white collar lower surface uniform white 4 Total length 35 cm 133 4 inches tail 6 cm 23 8 inches 5 nbsp Gallery edit nbsp nbsp nbsp Rescued individual from Jalpaiguri West Bengal nbsp References edit Captain A 2010 Lycodon jara The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010 IUCN e T176843A7315760 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2010 4 RLTS T176843A7315760 en Retrieved 10 January 2018 Shaw G 1802 General Zoology or Systematic Natural History Vol 3 part 1 2 G Kearsley Thomas Davison London 313 615 Boulenger G A 1893 Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum Natural History Volume I London Boulenger G A 1890 The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma Reptilia and Batrachia Taylor amp Francis London xviii 541 pp Boulenger G A 1893 Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum Natural History Volume I London Other references editLanza B 1999 A new species of Lycodon from the Philippines with a key to the genus Reptilia Serpentes Colubridae Tropical Zoology 12 89 104 nbsp This article relating to Colubrinae is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lycodon jara amp oldid 1196498243, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
