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Duméril's wolf snake

Lycodon dumerilii (Boulenger, 1893)

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The duméril's wolf snake (Lycodon dumerilii) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Philippines.

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Quick facts about the duméril's wolf snake

Weight
up to 54.6 g
Length
up to 1 m
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Reproduction
Eggs
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the duméril's wolf snake live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The duméril's wolf snake is listed for 1 country.

Philippines
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Philippines

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the duméril'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 duméril's wolf snake classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyColubridae
  6. genusLycodon
  7. SpeciesLycodon dumerilii (Boulenger, 1893)

Synonyms Dryocalamus mccroryi, Lycodon dumerili, Odontomus mulleri, Stegonotus dumerili

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • 杜氏狼齒蛇Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the duméril's wolf snake

Other species in the same genus Lycodon.

Wolf snake

Lycodon striatus

ColubridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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Where does the duméril's wolf snake live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the duméril's wolf snake for 1 country: Philippines. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the duméril's wolf snake?

The duméril's wolf snake (Lycodon dumerilii) 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.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Duméril's wolf snake (Lycodon dumerilii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dumerils-wolf-snake

MLA

“Duméril's wolf snake (Lycodon dumerilii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dumerils-wolf-snake.

BibTeX
@misc{dumerils_wolf_snake_2026,
  title = {Duméril's wolf snake (Lycodon dumerilii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dumerils-wolf-snake},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}