Snake-eater wolf snake
Lycodon ophiophagus Vogel, David, Pauwels, Sumontha, Norval, Hendrix, Vu & Ziegler, 2009
Status not recordedsnakes
The snake-eater wolf snake (Lycodon ophiophagus) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata.
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Quick facts about the snake-eater wolf snake
- Weight
- up to 92 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 90.9 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
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the snake-eater wolf snake live?
Not recorded
Is the snake-eater 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 snake-eater wolf snake classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyColubridae
- genusLycodon
- SpeciesLycodon ophiophagus Vogel, David, Pauwels, Sumontha, Norval, Hendrix, Vu & Ziegler, 2009
Other names and names in other languages (6)
- Schlangenfressende WolfszahnnatterGerman
- Lycodon ophiophageFrench
- Slangenetende WolfslangDutch
- งูปล้องฉนวนกินงูThai
- Ngoo plongchanuan kin ngooThai
- 食蛇狼齒蛇Chinese
Relatives of the snake-eater 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
White-banded wolf snake
Lycodon subcinctus
CompareSnake-eater wolf snake vs Common wolf snakeSnake-eater wolf snake vs Common wolf snakeSnake-eater wolf snake vs Wolf snakeSnake-eater wolf snake vs Red-banded snake
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the snake-eater wolf snake?
The snake-eater wolf snake (Lycodon ophiophagus) 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
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