Colubridae

Lycodon capucinus (Boie, 1827)

Lycodon capucinus is a small non-harmful Asian common wolf snake with a characteristic duck-bill snout for digging.

Lycodon futsingensis (Pope, 1928)

Lycodon futsingensis (Fuqing white ring snake) is a colubrid snake with specific morphological traits described here.

Lycodon flavozonatus (Pope, 1928)

Lycodon flavozonatus is a colubrid snake species found in Myanmar, Vietnam, and China.

Lycodon orientalis (Hilgendorf, 1880)

Lycodon orientalis is a 30–70 cm striped forest snake that preys on smaller reptiles and amphibians.

Lycodon rufozonatus Cantor, 1842

This is a description of the non-venomous East Asian colubrid snake Lycodon rufozonatus, covering its morphology, range, ecology, and health risks.

Lycodon semicarinatus (Cope, 1860)

Lycodon semicarinatus is a non-venomous colubrid snake found in Japan's Ryukyu Islands.

Lycodon albofuscus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Lycodon albofuscus, the dark wolf snake, is a colubrid snake found in Asia that is thought to eat frogs.

Lycodon davisonii (Blanford, 1878)

Blanford's bridle snake is a harmless, endemic Asian colubrid snake found across several Southeast Asian countries.

Lycodon subannulatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Lycodon subannulatus is a colubrid snake species found across multiple Southeast Asian countries.

Lycodon fasciolatus Shaw, 1802,2021

Lycodon fasciolatus is a snake species found across South Asia, with distinct scalation and banded dorsal patterning that may fade in adults.

Leptophis ahaetulla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Leptophis ahaetulla is a mildly venomous slender colubrid snake found across much of Central and South America.

Leptophis nebulosus Oliver, 1942

Leptophis nebulosus (Oliver's parrot snake) is a diurnal oviparous arboreal colubrid snake found in Central American forests.

Leptophis mexicanus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854

Leptophis mexicanus, the Mexican parrot snake, is a medium slender colubrid snake endemic to the Americas from southern Mexico to Costa Rica.

Leptophis diplotropis (Günther, 1872)

Leptophis diplotropis is an oviparous, adaptable snake species found in a range of forest habitats across Mexico.

Leptophis depressirostris (Cope, 1861)

Cope's parrot snake (Leptophis depressirostris) is a nonvenomous colubrid found in Central and South America.

Leptophis coeruleodorsus Oliver, 1942

Leptophis coeruleodorsus is a nonvenomous colubrid snake found in Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago.

Leptodrymus pulcherrimus (Cope, 1874)

Leptodrymus pulcherrimus is the only species in the colubrid genus Leptodrymus, found across Central America.

Lampropeltis elapsoides (Holbrook, 1838)

Lampropeltis elapsoides, the scarlet kingsnake, is a non-venomous North American snake that mimics venomous coral snakes.

Lampropeltis alterna (Brown, 1901)

Lampropeltis alterna, the gray-banded kingsnake, is a moderately sized oviparous snake native to the southwestern US and northern Mexico.

Lampropeltis getula (Linnaeus, 1766)

Lampropeltis getula, the common kingsnake, is a nonvenomous North American colubrid with distinct geographic pattern variation and oviparous reproduction.

Lampropeltis holbrooki Stejneger, 1902

Lampropeltis holbrooki, the speckled kingsnake, is a patterned nonvenomous snake found across central and southern United States.

Lampropeltis calligaster (Harlan, 1827)

This is a description of the prairie kingsnake, Lampropeltis calligaster, covering its appearance, taxonomy, range, habitat, and reproduction.

Lampropeltis nigra (Yarrow, 1882)

Lampropeltis nigra, the black kingsnake, is a medium-large ophiophagous constrictor found in the southeastern United States.

Lampropeltis splendida (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Lampropeltis splendida, the non-venomous desert kingsnake, is a docile colubrid native to the southwestern United States.