Lycodon ferroni

Lycodon ferroni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Cladus: Eugnathostomata
Cladus: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Cladus: Stegocephali
Cladus: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha
Subclassis: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Serpentes
Cladus: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Lycodon
Species: Lycodon ferroni

Name

Lycodon ferroni Lanza, 1999: 90

  • Holotype: MZUF 36690, ♂, collected by C. Ferron on 28 April 2001.
  • Type locality: “Lungib Ginbagsangan, 12°00’00”N-124°55’40”E, about 32 km by air NNE of Catbalogan, 40 m a.s.l. [Barrio Kag-Toto-Og; Provincia Samar Occidental (= Western Samar Province)], Samar Island, central-eastern Philippines”.

Native distribution areas

  • Philippines: Samar Island.

References

Primary references

  • Lanza, B. 1999. A new species of Lycodon from the Philippines, with a key to the genus (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae). Tropical Zoology 12: 89–104.
  • Diesmos, A.C. 2022. IUCN: Lycodon ferroni  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T169814A180675784. Accessed on 27 October 2025.

Vernacular names

  • English: Ferron's Wolf Snake