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Wolf snake

Lycodon capucinus

Description:

A slender-bodied small snake that ranges from barely three feet to less than one meter. Most wild-caught specimens usually reach less than these lengths. Coloration is adapted for life underground and on the forest floor. Shades of jet black, reddish-brown or dark gray with speckles, blotches and spots of white or pale yellow scattered over the body are its usual colors. There is also a distinct white coloration around its neck. Their color patterns vary from one geographic location to another. There are albino-colored ones which are very rare among this snake species. The snout is duck-bill-shaped for digging in soft or sandy ground. They have enlarged front teeth, but these are not used to inject venom. Like many other colubrids, they possess true fangs near the rear of their mouths and they will use these to inject venom into their prey. However, this species is relatively benign (not harmful) to humans.

Habitat:

Lycodon capucinus, also known as the common wolf snake, is a species of colubrid snake, which is commonly found in the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Named after their enlarged front teeth, which gives them a muzzled appearance similar to canines, it also makes the snout somewhat more squarish than other snakes.

Notes:

Found crawling very slowly on the porch being attacked by red ants,later not moving anymore and the ants continue crawling over it, As an expat living in Philippines I am not so into snakes as common knowledge or expertise,just take few picture away from it.

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KitchilPus

Sibulan, Central Visayas, Philippines

Spotted on Jun 17, 2015
Submitted on Jun 17, 2015

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