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Müller’s Wolf Snake

Lycodon muelleri Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854

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.

Typical appearance of Lycodon muelleri (PNM 6592) from Barangay Binatug. Photo: ACD.

Typical appearance of Lycodon muelleri (PNM 6592) from Barangay Binatug. Photo: ACD.

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Open encyclopedia reference

Lycodon muelleri, also known commonly Müller's wolf snake, Muller's wolf snake, and the Java wolf snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.

Wikipedia contributors, Lycodon muelleri; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:24:54.826470+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Lycodon muelleri Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
Name authority
Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
Common name
Müller’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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
  11. infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
  12. familyColubridae
  13. subfamilyColubrinae
  14. genusLycodon
  15. speciesLycodon muelleri Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Lycodon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Alcala's Wolf SnakeLycodon alcalai Ota & Ross, 1994ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
David’s Wolf SnakeLycodon davidi Vogel, Nguyen, Kingsada & Ziegler, 2012ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brown Wolf SnakeLycodon effraenis Cantor, 1847ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Yellow-collared wolf snakeLycodon flavicollis Mukherjee & Bhupathy, 2007ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Big-tooth SnakeLycodon flavozonatus (Pope, 1928)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gammie's Wolf SnakeLycodon gammiei (Blanford, 1878)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gongshan Wolf SnakeLycodon gongshan Vogel & Luo, 2011ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Twin-spotted Wolf SnakeLycodon jara (Shaw, 1802)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Laotian Wolf SnakeLycodon laoensis Günther, 1864ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Lycodon liuchengchaoi Zhang, Jiang, Vogel & Rao, 2011ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Luding Kukri SnakeLycodon multizonatus (Zhao & Jiang, 1981)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Rendahl's Wolf SnakeLycodon paucifasciatus Rendahl, 1943ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Haplonodon philippinensis Griffin, 1910 Griffin, 1910synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Philippines (Batan, Luzon, Mindoro, Polillo)

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.

  1. Duméril, A.M.C., G. BIBRON & A.H.A. DUMÉRIL. (1854). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire Naturelle complète des Reptiles. Vol. 7 (partie 1). Paris, Xvi + 780 S. 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:3WL3H. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.