Lycodon

Lycodon is a genus of colubrid snakes, commonly known as wolf snakes. The Neo-Latin name Lycodon is derived from the Greek words λύκος (lykos) meaning wolf and οδόν (odon) meaning tooth, and refers to the fang-like anterior maxillary and mandibular teeth. They are nonvenomous, but many members of this genus strongly resemble the venomous kraits in appearance, an example of Emsleyan mimicry.
Species
The genus Lycodon comprises 73 recognized species.
Lycodon albofuscus – dark wolf snake
Lycodon alcalai – Alcala's wolf snake
Lycodon anakradaya
Lycodon anamallensis – Colombo wolf snake
Lycodon aulicus – Indian wolf snake, common wolf snake
Lycodon banksi Luu et al., 2018 – Banks's wolf snake
Lycodon bibonius – Ota's wolf snake
Lycodon bicolor – Mackinnon's wolf snake
Lycodon butleri – Butler's wolf snake
Lycodon capucinus – common wolf snake
Lycodon cardamomensis
Lycodon carinatus – Ceylon wolf snake
Lycodon cathaya – Huaping wolf snake
Lycodon cavernicolus – Gua Wang Burma wolf snake
Lycodon chapaensis (Angel & Bourret, 1933) – Namdong wolf snake
Lycodon chithrasekarai Wickramasinghe et al., 2020 – Chithrasekara's bridle snake
Lycodon chrysoprateros – Ross's wolf snake
Lycodon davidi – David's wolf snake
Lycodon davisonii – Blanford's bridal snake
Lycodon deccanensis
Lycodon dumerili – Duméril's wolf snake
Lycodon effraenis – brown wolf snake
Lycodon fasciatus
Lycodon fasciolatus – banded wolf snake
Lycodon fausti – Faust's wolf snake
Lycodon ferroni – Ferron's Asian wolf snake
Lycodon flavicollis – yellow-collared wolf snake
Lycodon flavomaculatus – yellow-spotted wolf snake
Lycodon flavozonatus – yellow-banded big tooth snake, yellow-spotted wolf snake, big-tooth snake
Lycodon futsingensis
Lycodon gammiei – Gammie's wolf snake, Sikkim false wolf snake
Lycodon gibsonae – Gibson's wolf snake
Lycodon gongshan – Gongshan wolf snake
Lycodon gracilis – scarce bridal snake
Lycodon hypsirhinoides
Lycodon jara – twin-spotted wolf snake
Lycodon kundui
Lycodon laoensis – Laotian wolf snake
Lycodon liuchengchaoi
Lycodon meridionalis
Lycodon muelleri – Müller's wolf snake
Lycodon multifasciatus
Lycodon multizonatus – Luding wolf snake, Luding Kukri snake
Lycodon namdongensis
Lycodon nympha – Vellore bridal snake
Lycodon obvelatus – recluse wolf snake
Lycodon ophiophagus – snake-eater wolf snake
Lycodon orientalis – Oriental odd-tooth snake
Lycodon paucifasciatus – Rendahl's wolf snake
Lycodon philippinus – Philippine dryocalamus
Lycodon pictus
Lycodon rosozonatus – rose big-tooth snake
Lycodon rufozonatus – red-banded snake
Lycodon ruhstrati – mountain wolf snake, Formosa wolf snake
Lycodon sealei – Seale's banded Asian wolf snake
Lycodon semicarinatus – Loo-Choo big-tooth snake, Ryukyu odd-tooth snake
Lycodon septentrionalis – white-banded wolf snake, northern large-toothed snake
Lycodon serratus – serrate-banded wolf snake
Lycodon sidiki
Lycodon solivagus – common wolf snake
Lycodon stormi – Sulawesi wolf snake
Lycodon striatus – northern wolf snake, barred wolf snake
Lycodon subannulatus – Malayan bridal snake, southern bridle snake
Lycodon subcinctus – Malayan banded wolf snake
Lycodon synaptor – Boehme's wolf snake
Lycodon tessellatus – Manila wolf snake
Lycodon tiwarii – Andaman wolf snake
Lycodon travancoricus – Travancore wolf snake
Lycodon tristrigatus
Lycodon truongi – Truong's wolf snake
Lycodon zawi – Zaw's wolf snake
Lycodon zayuensis
Lycodon zoosvictoriae – Zoos Victoria's wolf snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lycodon.
References
Snake genera
Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger