Dark wolf snake
Lycodon albofuscus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
Status not recordedsnakes
The dark wolf snake (Lycodon albofuscus) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 1.59 kg.
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Quick facts about the dark wolf snake
- Weight
- 1.59 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 2 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
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the dark wolf snake live?
Not recorded
Is the dark 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 dark wolf snake classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyColubridae
- genusLycodon
- SpeciesLycodon albofuscus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
Synonyms Lepturophis albofuscus, Lepturophis borneensis, Sphecodes albo-fuscus, Sphecodes albo-fuscus
Other names and names in other languages (5)
- Dusky wolf snakeEnglish
- Dunkle WolfszahnnatterGerman
- Бело-коричневый волкозубRussian
- งูปล้องฉนวนบอร์เนียวThai
- 白棕狼齒蛇Chinese
Relatives of the dark 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
CompareDark wolf snake vs Common wolf snakeDark wolf snake vs Common wolf snakeDark wolf snake vs Wolf snakeDark wolf snake vs Red-banded snake
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the dark wolf snake?
An adult dark wolf snake weighs 1.59 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the dark wolf snake?
The dark wolf snake (Lycodon albofuscus) 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 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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