词条 | Lycophidion |
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| name = Lycophidion | image = Lycophidion variegatum2.jpg | image_caption = Lycophidion variegatum | taxon = Lycophidion | authority = Fitzinger, 1843 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 20 species, see text. }}Lycophidion is a genus of nonvenomous lamprophiid snakes commonly referred to as the wolf snakes. {{as of|2015}} there are 20 recognized species in the genus. Description and behaviorWolf snakes are small snakes which forage at night for sleeping lizards.[2] They have flat heads and large recurved teeth that are assumed to aid them in their extraction of lizards from their lairs.[3] ReproductionAll species in the genus Lycophidion are oviparous and lay between 3 and 10 eggs.[3] SpeciesThe following species are recognized as being valid.
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lycophidion. References1. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Marais|first1=Johan|title=A complete guide to the snakes of southern Africa|date=2004|publisher=Struik|location=Cape Town|isbn=978-1868729326|edition=New}} [1][2]2. ^1 2 {{cite book|last1=Marais|first1=Graham Alexander & Johan|title=Field guide to reptiles of Southern Africa|date=2007|publisher=Struik|location=Cape Town|isbn=9781770073869|page=94|edition=3. impression.|url=https://books.google.de/books?id=kk5FAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=wolf+snake|accessdate=21 September 2015}} }} Further reading
3 : Lamprophiidae|Snake genera|Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger |
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