Brown wolf snake - Lycodon effraenis

Описание: A brown wolf snake spotted around 5 pm in The upper part of mount Santubong National Park in Sarawak, Malaysia. The snake is crawling on a bottom mainly consisting of tree roots covering a trail that leads to the summit of the mountain. Overall body length is about 80 cm. The snake has broad yellow stripes on the belly. The top color is a uniform dark brown.

The Brown Wolf Snake’s pattern changes with its age; hatchlings are brown with a series of white or yellow rings completely encircling the body throughout its length. This snake is a good climber and it inhabits lowland forests in southern Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra and Borneo. This is a non venomous oviparous snake.

Sources:

https://www.mybis.gov.my/sp/9920
http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/... name: Lycodon effraenis, Theodore Edward Cantor, 1847

German:

Braune Wolfszahnnatter

English:

Scarce wolf snake,
Brown wolf snake,
Dusky wolf snake

Thai:

งูปล้องฉนวนสีน้ำตาล

Species in same genus

Lycodon albofuscus, Dark wolf snake
Lycodon butleri, Butler's wolf snake
Lycodon capucinus, Common wolf snake
Lycodon cardamomensis, Cardamom Mountains wolf snake
Lycodon davisonii, Common bridle snake
Lycodon fasciatus, Banded wolf snake
Lycodon gibsonae, Gibson's wolf snake
Lycodon laoensis, Laotian wolf snake
Lycodon ophiophagus, Snake-eater wolf snake
Lycodon septentrionalis, White-banded wolf snake
Lycodon subannulatus, Malayan bridle snake
Lycodon subcinctus, Malayan banded wolf snake

conservation status: (IUCN3.1) Least concern.