Formosa wolf snake
Lycodon ruhstrati (Fischer, 1886)
Status not recordedsnakes
The formosa wolf snake (Lycodon ruhstrati) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata.
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Quick facts about the formosa wolf snake
- Weight
- up to 134.3 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 1.06 msrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 4src for Young per litter or clutch
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the formosa wolf snake live?
Not recorded
Is the formosa 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 formosa wolf snake classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyColubridae
- genusLycodon
- SpeciesLycodon ruhstrati (Fischer, 1886)
Synonyms Ophites ruhstrati
Other names and names in other languages (8)
- Mountain wolf snakeEnglish
- Rushstrat's wolf snakeEnglish
- Berg-WolfszahnnatterGerman
- 白鏈蛇Chinese
- 白梅花蛇Chinese
- 黑塊白環蛇Chinese
- 黑背白环蛇Chinese
- 黑背白環蛇Chinese
Relatives of the formosa 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
CompareFormosa wolf snake vs Common wolf snakeFormosa wolf snake vs Common wolf snakeFormosa wolf snake vs Wolf snakeFormosa wolf snake vs Red-banded snake
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the formosa wolf snake?
The formosa wolf snake (Lycodon ruhstrati) 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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