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White-banded Wolf Snake

Colubrid Snakes

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Lycodon septentrionalis

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Range

North-east India: Darjeeling, Assam, the Himalayan foothills and the Khasi Hills

The white-banded wolf snake, also called the northern large-toothed snake, is a colubrid snake found in Asia, in the north-east Indian regions of Darjeeling and Assam, the Himalayan foothills and the Khasi Hills. The eyes are relatively small, and the snout is slightly flattened but not spatula-shaped. There is one scale before the eye and two behind it, and 2 or 3 temporal scales (Wikipedia, general species account).

It lays eggs. The Reptile Database lists Sikkim, Meghalaya, Darjeeling, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, northern Mizoram and West Bengal, and Bhutan.

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Where is the White-banded Wolf Snake found?
North-east India: Darjeeling, Assam, the Himalayan foothills and the Khasi Hills
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