Lycodon sidiki

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Wostl, E. |year=2021 |title=Lycodon sidiki |volume=2021 |page=e.T127912332A127912336 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T127912332A127912336.en |access-date=30 May 2023}}

| taxon = Lycodon sidiki

| authority = Vogel, Lalremsanga & Vanlalhrima, 2017

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Lycodon sidiki is one of seven Sunda Shelf species of snakes in the family Colubridae. It is endemic to Aceh Province, Sumatra.{{cite web |url=http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2017/06/lycodon-sidiki.html |title=A New Species of Wolf Snake of the Genus Lycodon H. Boie in Fitzinger (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Aceh Province of northern Sumatra, Indonesia |date=19 June 2017 |publisher=Zootaxa |accessdate=19 June 2017}}

Etymology

The specific name sidiki is due to honor of Indonesian herpetologist, Irvan Sidik, to his contributions for the herpetology.

Description

The species can identified from other wolf snakes, by the absence of preocular scale and presence of keeled dorsal scales. Smaller snakes have bright orange-red venter and older snakes have creamy venter.

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite journal|last1=Wostl|first1=E.|last2=Hamidy|first2=A.|last3=Kurniawan|first3=N.|last4=Smith|first4=E. N.|title=A new species of Wolf Snake of the genus Lycodon H. Boie in Fitzinger (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Aceh Province of northern Sumatra, Indonesia|journal=Zootaxa|date=2017|volume=4276|issue=4|pages=539–553|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4276.4.6}}

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sidiki

Category:Endemic fauna of Indonesia

Category:Reptiles of Indonesia

Category:Fauna of Sumatra

Category:Snakes of Asia

Category:Reptiles described in 2017