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Panay wolf snake

Lycodon fausti Gaulke, 2002

Status not recordedsnakes

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

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Quick facts about the panay wolf snake

Weight
up to 92.3 g
Length
up to 71 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 panay 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 panay wolf snake is listed for 1 country.

Philippines
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Philippines

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the panay 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 panay wolf snake classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyColubridae
  6. genusLycodon
  7. SpeciesLycodon fausti Gaulke, 2002
Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Faust's wolf snakeEnglish
  • Faust’s wolf snakeEnglish
  • 法氏狼齒蛇Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the panay wolf snake

Other species in the same genus Lycodon.

Wolf snake

Lycodon striatus

ColubridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the panay wolf snake live?

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

What kind of animal is the panay wolf snake?

The panay wolf snake (Lycodon fausti) 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). Panay wolf snake (Lycodon fausti). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/panay-wolf-snake

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{panay_wolf_snake_2026,
  title = {Panay wolf snake (Lycodon fausti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/panay-wolf-snake},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}