Lycodon zawi
Encyclopedia
Zaw's wolf snake is a species of nonvenomous colubrid
snake.
, India
, including Garbhange Reserve Forest, and in northern Myanmar
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Colubrid
A colubrid is a member of the snake family Colubridae. This broad classification of snakes includes about two-thirds of all snake species on earth. The earliest species of the snake family date back to the Oligocene epoch. With 304 genera and 1,938 species, Colubridae is the largest snake family...
snake.
Description
Lycodon zawi is black with white bands. It can grow to .5 m (20 inches) in total length.Habitat
Zaw's wolf snake was discovered dwelling in forests and near streams at elevations of less than 500 m in AssamAssam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, including Garbhange Reserve Forest, and in northern Myanmar
Myanmar
Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....
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