NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Gammie's Wolf Snake
Lycodon gammiei (Blanford, 1878)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
General view of the Lycodon gammiei specimen (YBU 230088) in life and its microhabitat, a big tree trunk (by XQ Mi).
Shu F, Lyu B, Guo K, Zhang T, Mi X, Li L, Wu Y, Guo P (2024) · CC BY 4.0 · Image sourceProvider-generated thumbnail requested at 800 pixels; no local editing Local WebP display rendition; resized without cropping.
Open encyclopedia reference
Lycodon gammiei, commonly known as Gammie's wolf snake or the Sikkim false wolf snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to India.
Wikipedia contributors, Lycodon gammiei; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:20:06.951262+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lycodon gammiei (Blanford, 1878)
- Name authority
- (Blanford, 1878)
- Common name
- Gammie's Wolf Snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Lycodon
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyColubridae
- subfamilyColubrinae
- genusLycodon
- speciesLycodon gammiei (Blanford, 1878)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lycodon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Alcala's Wolf SnakeLycodon alcalai Ota & Ross, 1994 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| David’s Wolf SnakeLycodon davidi Vogel, Nguyen, Kingsada & Ziegler, 2012 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brown Wolf SnakeLycodon effraenis Cantor, 1847 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yellow-collared wolf snakeLycodon flavicollis Mukherjee & Bhupathy, 2007 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Big-tooth SnakeLycodon flavozonatus (Pope, 1928) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gongshan Wolf SnakeLycodon gongshan Vogel & Luo, 2011 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Twin-spotted Wolf SnakeLycodon jara (Shaw, 1802) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Laotian Wolf SnakeLycodon laoensis Günther, 1864 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lycodon liuchengchaoi Zhang, Jiang, Vogel & Rao, 2011 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Müller’s Wolf SnakeLycodon muelleri Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Luding Kukri SnakeLycodon multizonatus (Zhao & Jiang, 1981) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rendahl's Wolf SnakeLycodon paucifasciatus Rendahl, 1943 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Ophites gammiei Blanford, 1878 Blanford, 1878 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Lycodon&species=gammiei Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3WL2Q. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.