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词条 Lycophidion
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  1. Description and behavior

  2. Reproduction

  3. Species

  4. References

  5. Further reading

{{Italic title}}{{Automatic taxobox
| 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 behavior

Wolf 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]

Reproduction

All species in the genus Lycophidion are oviparous and lay between 3 and 10 eggs.[3]

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.

  • Lycophidion acutirostre {{small|Günther, 1868}}
  • Lycophidion albomaculatum {{small|Steindachner, 1870}}
  • Lycophidion capense {{small|(A. Smith, 1831)}}
  • Lycophidion depressirostre {{small|Laurent, 1968}}
  • Lycophidion helmichi {{small|Laurent, 1964}}
  • Lycophidion irroratum {{small|(Leach, 1819)}}
  • Lycophidion laterale {{small|Hallowell, 1857}}
  • Lycophidion meleagre {{small|Boulenger, 1893}}
  • Lycophidion multimaculatum {{small|Boettger, 1888}}
  • Lycophidion namibianum {{small|Broadley, 1991}}
  • Lycophidion nanum {{small|(Broadley, 1958)}}
  • Lycophidion nigromaculatum {{small|(W. Peters, 1863)}}
  • Lycophidion ornatum {{small|Parker, 1936}}
  • Lycophidion pembanum {{small|Laurent,1968}}
  • Lycophidion pygmaeum {{small|Broadley, 1996}}
  • Lycophidion semiannule {{small|W. Peters, 1854}}
  • Lycophidion semicinctum {{small|A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854}}
  • Lycophidion taylori {{small|Broadley & Hughes, 1993}}
  • Lycophidion uzungwense {{small|Loveridge, 1932}}
  • Lycophidion variegatum {{small|Broadley, 1969}}

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lycophidion.

References

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}}
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}}
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Further reading

  • Branch, Bill. 2004. Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. {{ISBN|0-88359-042-5}}. (Genus Lycophidion, p. 76).
  • Fitzinger L. 1843. Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Lycophidion, new genus, p. 27). (in Latin).
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