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''Lycodon flavomaculatus'', commonly called the yellow-spotted wolf snake, is a species of colubrid snake found in the Western Ghats of India. ==Description== Dorsally ''Lycodon flavimaculatus'' is shiny black with a series of yellow vertebral spots. Beside each spot whitish crossbars descend the flanks, beginning about the same width as the spots then widening. The spots are about 2 scales long, separated by intervals of 4 or 5 scales. The dorsal surface of the head is black, and the lips are white. The entire venter of the snake is white. At first glance, it resembles ''Lampropeltis getula'', the Eastern kingsnake of the United States. The yellow-spotted wolf snake is a small snake. Adults are about 35 cm (13¾ inches) in length. Dorsal scales in 17 rows on neck and at midbody, in 15 rows posteriorly. Ventrals 165-182, not angulate; anal plate divided; subcaudals 53-62, divided.〔Wall, 1907, p. 613.〕 Head slightly distinct from neck. Snout rounded and somewhat flattened. Nine upper labials, of which only the first contacts the nasal.〔Das, I. 2002. ''A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India''. Ralph Curtis Books. Sanibel Island, Florida. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-88359-056-0〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lycodon flavomaculatus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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