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Common wolf snake

Lycodon capucinus Boie, 1827

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The common wolf snake (Lycodon capucinus) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 168 g.

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Quick facts about the common wolf snake

Weight
168 gsrc for Weight
Length
up to 78 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3 – 11src for Young per litter or clutch
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the common wolf snake live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the common wolf snake as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Australia
  2. Belgium

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the common 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 common wolf snake classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyColubridae
  6. genusLycodon
  7. SpeciesLycodon capucinus Boie, 1827

Synonyms Coluber hebe, Lycodon aulicus capucina, Lycodon aulicus capucinus, Lycodon aulicus capucinus, Ophites aulicus

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • Island wolf snakeEnglish
  • lykodon obecnýCzech
  • Kapuciner-ulvesnogDanish
  • Kapuzen-WolfszahnnatterGerman
  • Couleuvre capucineFrench
  • Couleuvre capucine (La)French
  • Ular cecakIndonesian
  • Ular CicakIndonesian
  • Colubro lupo cappuccinoItalian
  • Serpente lupo cappuccinoItalian
  • Обыкновенный волкозубRussian
  • งูปล้องฉนวนสร้อยเหลืองThai
  • 白環蛇Chinese
  • 白枕白環蛇Chinese

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Relatives of the common wolf snake

Other species in the same genus Lycodon.

Wolf snake

Lycodon striatus

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the common wolf snake?

An adult common wolf snake weighs 168 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the common wolf snake an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the common wolf snake as introduced in 2 countries: Australia and Belgium, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the common wolf snake?

The common wolf snake (Lycodon capucinus) belongs to the family Colubridae in the order Squamata.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Common wolf snake (Lycodon capucinus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lycodon-capucinus

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BibTeX
@misc{lycodon_capucinus_2026,
  title = {Common wolf snake (Lycodon capucinus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lycodon-capucinus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}