Lycodon kundui

Lycodon kundui
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Lycodon
Species:	L. kundui
Binomial name
Lycodon kundui M.A. Smith, 1943

Lycodon kundui is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Myanmar.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, kundui, is in honor of the collector of the holotype, Dr. Kundu of the Harcourt Butler Institute of Public health, Rangoon, Burma (Yangon, Myanmar).[3]

Description

The holotype of L. kundui, a juvenile specimen, has a total length (including tail) of 22.5 cm (8.9 in).[2]

Dorsally, it is bluish black, with narrow white crossbars. Ventrally it is white, including the first row of dorsal scales on each side. The smooth dorsal scales are arranged in 15 rows throughout the length of the body. It has seven upper labials, of which the third and fourth contact the eye. Four lower labials on each side contact the anterior pair of chin shields. The anterior chin shields are much larger than the posterior chin shields.[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. kundui is forest.[1]

Reproduction

L. kundui is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Wogan, G. (2012). "Lycodon kundui ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T191969A2022544. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T191969A2022544.en. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
2. Lycodon kundui at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 December 2016.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lycodon kundui, p. 148).
4. Smith MA (1943).

Further reading

• Dowling HG, Jenner JV (1988). Snakes of Burma: Checklist of reported species and bibliography. Smithsonian Herpetological Service No. 76. Washington, District of Columbia: Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. 19 pp.
• 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. (Lycodon kundui, p. 95).
• Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Lycodon kundui, new species, p. 260).