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Palawan wolf snake

Lycodon sealei Leviton, 1955

Status not recordedsnakes

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

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Quick facts about the palawan wolf snake

Weight
Not recorded
Length
up to 83.2 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the palawan 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 palawan wolf snake is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. Malaysia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the palawan 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 palawan wolf snake classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyColubridae
  6. genusLycodon
  7. SpeciesLycodon sealei Leviton, 1955

Synonyms Lycodon subcinctus, Lycodon subcinctus sealei, Ophites subcinctus

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Seale’s banded Asian wolf snakeEnglish
  • 塞氏狼齒蛇Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the palawan wolf snake

Other species in the same genus Lycodon.

Wolf snake

Lycodon striatus

ColubridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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Where does the palawan wolf snake live?

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

What kind of animal is the palawan wolf snake?

The palawan wolf snake (Lycodon sealei) 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). Palawan wolf snake (Lycodon sealei). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/palawan-wolf-snake

MLA

“Palawan wolf snake (Lycodon sealei).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/palawan-wolf-snake.

BibTeX
@misc{palawan_wolf_snake_2026,
  title = {Palawan wolf snake (Lycodon sealei)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/palawan-wolf-snake},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}