White-banded wolf snake
Lycodon subcinctus Boie, 1827
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The white-banded wolf snake (Lycodon subcinctus) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 633 g and reach 1 m in length.
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Quick facts about the white-banded wolf snake
- Weight
- 633 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 1 msrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 5 – 8src 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
How big is the white-banded wolf snake?
Where does the white-banded wolf snake live?
Not recorded
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the white-banded wolf snake as introduced in 1 country.
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 white-banded 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 white-banded wolf snake classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyColubridae
- genusLycodon
- SpeciesLycodon subcinctus Boie, 1827
Synonyms Coluber platurinus, Elapoides annulatus, Lycodon platurinus, Lycodon suratensis, Natrix platyrhinus, Ophites subcinctus, Ophites subcinctus
Other names and names in other languages (3)
- Malayan banded wolf snakeEnglish
- (Weiss-) Gebänderte WolfsnatterGerman
- 细白环蛇Chinese
Relatives of the white-banded 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
Dark wolf snake
Lycodon albofuscus
CompareWhite-banded wolf snake vs Common wolf snakeWhite-banded wolf snake vs Common wolf snakeWhite-banded wolf snake vs Wolf snakeWhite-banded wolf snake vs Red-banded snake
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the white-banded wolf snake?
An adult white-banded wolf snake weighs 633 g and measures 1 m long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the white-banded wolf snake an invasive species?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the white-banded wolf snake as introduced in 1 country: Philippines, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.
What kind of animal is the white-banded wolf snake?
The white-banded wolf snake (Lycodon subcinctus) belongs to the family Colubridae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - 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 - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. - 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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