| Lycodon flavomaculatus | |
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| Lycodon flavomaculatus at Amravati, Maharashtra | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Lycodon |
| Species: | L. flavomaculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lycodon flavomaculatus Wall, 1907 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lycodon flavomaculatus, commonly called the yellow-spotted wolf snake, is a species of colubrid snake found in the Western Ghats of India.
Dorsally Lycodon flavimaculatus is shiny black with a series of yellow vertebral spots. Beside each spot whitish crossbars descend the flanks, beginning about the same width as the spots then widening. The spots are about 2 scales long, separated by intervals of 4 or 5 scales. The dorsal surface of the head is black, and the lips are white. The entire venter of the snake is white.
At first glance, it resembles Lampropeltis getula , the Eastern kingsnake of the United States.
The yellow-spotted wolf snake is a small snake. Adults are about 35 cm (13¾ inches) in length.
Dorsal scales in 17 rows on neck and at midbody, in 15 rows posteriorly. Ventrals 165–182, not angulate; anal plate divided; subcaudals 53–62, divided. [3]
Head slightly distinct from neck. Snout rounded and somewhat flattened. Nine upper labials, of which only the first contacts the nasal. [4]
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