David's wolf snake
Lycodon davidi Vogel, Nguyen, Kingsada & Ziegler, 2012
Status not recordedsnakes
The david's wolf snake (Lycodon davidi) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata.
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Quick facts about the david's wolf snake
- Weight
- up to 10.7 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 39 cmsrc 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
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the david's wolf snake live?
Not recorded
Is the david's 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 david's wolf snake classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyColubridae
- genusLycodon
- SpeciesLycodon davidi Vogel, Nguyen, Kingsada & Ziegler, 2012
Other names and names in other languages (3)
- David’s wolf snakeEnglish
- Davids WolfszahnnatterGerman
- Rắn khuyết da-vidVietnamese
Relatives of the david's 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
CompareDavid's wolf snake vs Common wolf snakeDavid's wolf snake vs Common wolf snakeDavid's wolf snake vs Wolf snakeDavid's wolf snake vs Red-banded snake
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the david's wolf snake?
The david's wolf snake (Lycodon davidi) 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.
- 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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title = {David's wolf snake (Lycodon davidi)},
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note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}