White-Banded Wolf Snake is an Indian Reptile with elegant look bearing a scientific name "Lycodon septentrionalis" Oviparous, or egg-laying in nature.
Description of White-Banded Wolf Snake
White-Banded Wolf Snake is also known as the Northern large-toothed snake, is a species of colubrid snake found in Asia.
Snout of White-Banded Wolf Snake
The snout of White-Banded Wolf Snake is slightly depressed, and not spatulated.
Eyes of White-Banded Wolf Snake
White-Banded Wolf Snake has relatively small eyes.
Scales of White-Banded Wolf Snake
The rostral scale of White-Banded Wolf Snake is much broader than it is deep, and is visible from above the snake. The scales between the nostrils are much shorter than the prefrontal scales. The frontal scale is slightly longer than it is broad, approximately as long as the distance from the scale to the snout, and shorter than the panetal scales. The loreal scale is small, elongated, and not entering the eye. The snake has one preocular and two postocular scales, and between 2 and 3 temporal scales. It has eight upper labial scales, with the third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye; its five lower labials are in contact with the anterior chin shields, which are longer than the posterior.
Rows of White-Banded Wolf Snake
White-Banded Wolf Snake has 17 rows of scales, with the scales in the seven middle rows possessing a slight keel.
Ventral Scale of White-Banded Wolf Snake
White-Banded Wolf Snake has 214 ventral scales which are angulated laterally; the anal scale is entire; its 83 subcaudals are in two rows.
Colour of White-Banded Wolf Snake
White-Banded Wolf Snake is black above and on the sides, with narrow, whitish, transverse bands.
Bands of White-Banded Wolf Snake
The bands of White-Banded Wolf Snake form complete rings on the tail, which is dark brown on its lower surface.
Belly of White-Banded Wolf Snake
The belly of White-Banded Wolf Snake is whitish, with a few brown spots towards the rear. It can grow to a length of three feet, of which the tail consists of eight inches.
Distribution of White-Banded Wolf Snake
White-Banded Wolf Snake is found in the North-east Indian regions of Darjeeling District and Assam, in the foothills of Himalayan Mountain Range and in the Khasi hills. It is also found across Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, and the Chinese province of Yunnan. It is possibly found in Bhutan. Although records exist from Taiwan and Japan, these are likely to be incorrectly identified specimens of Lycodon ruhstrati.
