Suborder Serpentes Subfamily Lamprophiinae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus | Subphylum Vertebrata Scientific name Lycophidion Higher classification Boodontinae Order Scaled reptiles | |
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Similar Cape wolf snake, Snake, Reptile, Lycodonomorphus, Prosymna | ||
Lycophidion is a genus of nonvenomous lamprophiid snakes commonly referred to as the wolf snakes.
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As of 2015 there are 20 recognized species in the genus.
Description and behavior
Wolf snakes are small snakes which forage at night for sleeping lizards. They have flat heads and large recurved teeth that are assumed to aid them in their extraction of lizards from their lairs.
Reproduction
All species in the genus Lycophidion are oviparous and lay between 3 and 10 eggs.
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lycophidion.
References
Lycophidion Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA