Brown wolf snake
Lycodon effraenis Cantor, 1847
Status not recordedsnakes
The brown wolf snake (Lycodon effraenis) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 161 g.
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Quick facts about the brown wolf snake
- Weight
- 161 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 1 msrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the brown wolf snake live?
Not recorded
Is the brown wolf snake endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the brown wolf snake classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyColubridae
- genusLycodon
- SpeciesLycodon effraenis Cantor, 1847
Synonyms Tetragonosoma effrene
Other names and names in other languages (5)
- Scarce wolf snakeEnglish
- Braune WolfszahnnatterGerman
- Волкозуб КантораRussian
- งูปล้องฉนวนสีน้ำตาลThai
- 溪狼齒蛇Chinese
Relatives of the brown wolf snake
Other species in the same genus Lycodon.
Common wolf snake
Lycodon capucinus
Common wolf snake
Lycodon aulicus
Wolf snake
Lycodon striatus
Red-banded snake
Lycodon rufozonatus
Oriental odd-tooth snake
Lycodon orientalis
White-banded wolf snake
Lycodon subcinctus
CompareBrown wolf snake vs Common wolf snakeBrown wolf snake vs Common wolf snakeBrown wolf snake vs Wolf snakeBrown wolf snake vs Red-banded snake
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the brown wolf snake?
An adult brown wolf snake weighs 161 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the brown wolf snake?
The brown wolf snake (Lycodon effraenis) belongs to the family Colubridae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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