Lycodon flavozonatus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Lycodon
Species: Lycodon flavozonatus
Name

Lycodon flavozonatus (Pope, 1928)

Holotype: AMNH 34371, ♂, collected by Clifford H. Pope between April-September 1926.
Type locality: “Ch'ungan Hsien, northwest Fukien Province, China”.

Combinations

Dinodon flavozonatum Pope, 1928: 2 [original combination]
Dinodon flavozonatus — Smith, 1943: 271 [subsequent combination, incorrect gender agreement]
Lycodon flavozonatus — Guo, Zhang, Liu, Li, Pyron Jiang & Burbrink, 2013 [subsequent combination, by implication]

References
Primary references

Pope, C.H. 1928. Four new snakes and a new lizard from South China. American Museum Novitates 325: 1–4. hdl: 2246/3716 Open access Reference page.
Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. Taylor and Francis: London. xii + 583 pp., 166 text figures. PDF Open access Reference page.

Additional references

Zhao, E. & Adler, K. 1993. Herpetology of China. SSAR, Oxford/Ohio, 1-522.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2023. Lycodon flavozonatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 31 July 2020.
Wang, Y. & Ji, X. 2012. IUCN: Lycodon flavozonatus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T191948A2019781. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T191948A2019781.en

Vernacular names
English: Yellow-Spotted Wolf Snake

The yellow-banded big tooth snake, yellow-spotted wolf snake, yellow large-toothed snake, or big-tooth snake, (Lycodon flavozonatus) is a species of snake in the family colubridae. It is found in Myanmar, Vietnam, and China.[2]
References

Wang, Y.; Ji, X. (2012). "Lycodon flavozonatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T191948A2019781. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T191948A2019781.en. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
Lycodon flavozonatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 December 2016.