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Andaman wolf snake

Lycodon tiwarii Biswas & Sanyal, 1965

Status not recordedsnakes

The andaman wolf snake (Lycodon tiwarii) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata. Source checklists list it for 1 country: India.

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Quick facts about the andaman wolf snake

Weight
up to 35.1 g
Length
up to 77 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 andaman 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 andaman wolf snake is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. India

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the andaman 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 andaman wolf snake classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyColubridae
  6. genusLycodon
  7. SpeciesLycodon tiwarii Biswas & Sanyal, 1965
Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Nicobar wolf snakeEnglish
  • Tiwari's wolf snakeEnglish
  • Андаманский волкозубRussian
  • 提氏狼齒蛇Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the andaman 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.

Where does the andaman wolf snake live?

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

What kind of animal is the andaman wolf snake?

The andaman wolf snake (Lycodon tiwarii) 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). Andaman wolf snake (Lycodon tiwarii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lycodon-tiwarii

MLA

“Andaman wolf snake (Lycodon tiwarii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/lycodon-tiwarii.

BibTeX
@misc{lycodon_tiwarii_2026,
  title = {Andaman wolf snake (Lycodon tiwarii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lycodon-tiwarii},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}