Scarce Bridal snake
Lycodon gracilis (Günther, 1864)
Status not recordedsnakes
The scarce bridal snake (Lycodon gracilis) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata.
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Quick facts about the scarce bridal snake
- Weight
- up to 34.8 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 62 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
- Lifestyle
- Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the scarce bridal snake live?
Not recorded
Is the scarce bridal 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 scarce bridal snake classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyColubridae
- genusLycodon
- SpeciesLycodon gracilis (Günther, 1864)
Synonyms Hydrophobus gracilis, Odontomus fergusonii, Odontomus gracilis
Other names and names in other languages (5)
- 纤瘦狼齿蛇Catalan
- Meegeta KarawalaSinhala
- Meegeta RadanakayaSinhala
- Katlawa RianTamil
- 纖瘦狼齒蛇Chinese
Relatives of the scarce bridal 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
CompareScarce Bridal snake vs Common wolf snakeScarce Bridal snake vs Common wolf snakeScarce Bridal snake vs Wolf snakeScarce Bridal snake vs Red-banded snake
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the scarce bridal snake?
The scarce bridal snake (Lycodon gracilis) 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 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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