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Lycodon walli
Figure 4 Lycodon walli stat. nov. Nguyen, Poyarkov, Vogel, 2025 (CC BY 4.0) · Plazi / Biodiversity Literature Repository. Found by name on iNaturalist, Wikimedia Commons and in the open-access papers that described the species (Plazi); click a picture for its credit and licence.

Walls’ Red-banded Snake

Lycodon walli (Stejneger, 1907)

Also calledWalls Grosszahnnatter (deu)

This species is in the Catalogue of Life but not yet in the 2023 GBIF backbone or on iNaturalist: most likely it was described, or split from another species, very recently. What is known so far is below.

Recorded from
Japan (Ryukyu islands).
Also published as
Dinodon rufozonatum walli Stejneger, 1907
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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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References

  • Nguyen TV, Poyarkov NA, & Vogel G. (2025). Taxonomic reassessment of the Lycodon rufozonatus species complex (Serpentes, Colubridae), with re-evaluation of Dinodon rufozonatum walli, and description of a new species from north-central Vietnam. ZooKeys 1251: 293-322.
  • Stejneger, LEONHARD H. (1907). Herpetology of Japan and adjacent territory. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 58: Xx, 1-577.
  • Goris, R. C., & Maeda, N. (2004). Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Japan. Krieger, Malabar, 285 Pp.
  • Maki, M. (1931). Monograph of the Snakes of Japan. Dai-Ichi Shobo, Tokyo. (1), 7, 240 Pages (Expanded Edition 1933).

From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.