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Ferron's wolf snake

Lycodon ferroni Lanza, 1999

Status not recordedsnakes

The ferron's wolf snake (Lycodon ferroni) 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 ferron's wolf snake

Weight
up to 10.2 g
Length
up to 38.2 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the ferron'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 ferron's wolf snake is listed for 1 country.

Philippines
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Philippines

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the ferron'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 ferron's wolf snake classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyColubridae
  6. genusLycodon
  7. SpeciesLycodon ferroni Lanza, 1999
Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Ferron’s Asian wolf snakeEnglish
  • Samar island wolf snakeEnglish
  • 费氏狼齿蛇Catalan
  • 費氏狼齒蛇Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the ferron's wolf snake

Other species in the same genus Lycodon.

Wolf snake

Lycodon striatus

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Common questions

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Where does the ferron's wolf snake live?

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

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

The ferron's wolf snake (Lycodon ferroni) 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). Ferron's wolf snake (Lycodon ferroni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ferrons-wolf-snake

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{ferrons_wolf_snake_2026,
  title = {Ferron's wolf snake (Lycodon ferroni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ferrons-wolf-snake},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}