CAVS: 2005
Species Lycodon capucinus Boie, 1827
Wolf Snake
- Lycodon capucinus Boie, F. 1827. Bemerkungen über Merrem's Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Isis von Oken, Jena 20: 508-566 [based on a specimen figured in Russell (1735); specimen presumed lost].
- Coluber aulicus Linnaeus, C. 1758. Classis III. Amphibia. pp. 194-238 in Linnaeus, C. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [220].
Type data:
Holotype ZIUS, ?India.
Paratype(s) ZIUS.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Boie, F. 1827. Bemerkungen über Merrem's Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Isis von Oken, Jena 20: 508-566
- Smith, L.A. 1988. Lycodon aulicus capucinus a colubrid snake introduced to Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(2): 251-252
- Iskandar, D.T. & Colijn, E. 2001. Checklist of southeast Asian andf New Guinean reptiles. Part I. Serpentes. Bandung, Indonesia : Biodiversity Conservation Project (Indonesian Institute of sciences-Japan International Cooperation Agency — The Ministry of Forestry), The Gibbon Foundation and Institut of Technology pp. 1-195. [66]
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Widely distributed from Indian subcontinent to Indonesia and the Philippines; introduced to Australian Territory of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, in c. 1983.
Introduced from Indonesia.
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater
Common Name References
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14-Feb-2023 | COLUBRIDAE Oppel, 1811 | 14-Feb-2023 | MOVED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | 22-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |