Alcala's Wolf Snake
Lycodon alcalai Ota & Ross, 1994
Also called阿氏狼齒蛇 (zho)
First described in: Ota, H., & Ross, C. A. Four new species of Lycodon (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the northern Philippines.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
REMARKS. — Siler et al. (2013) sampled both known islands within the distribution of L. alcalai, and inferred a very shallow divergence between this species and L. bibonius but no genetic divergence between L. alcalai and L. chrysoprateros, a species described from Dalupiri Island (Ota and Ross [1994]) and with which L. alcalai may be conspecific.
Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature
distribution
PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 21 A [p. 132]). — Babuyan Ids. (Babuyan Claro, Calayan, Camiguin Norte), also Batan and Sabtang Ids., off of northern Luzon.
Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S). — ~ 2.5 km ENE of Basco on west slope of Mt. Iraya [elev. 150 m], Batan Id, Batanes Ids, off of northern Luzon Id., Philippines. Holotype: PNM 990.
Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature
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Every page naming Lycodon alcalai in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5222832.