TABLE 2 in A new species of wolf snake Lycodon Fitzinger, 1826 from China and Myanmar (Squamata: Colubridae), and new data on Lycodon gongshan Vogel & Luo, 2011

TABLE 2. Comparison of morphological characters of Lycodon latifasciatus sp. nov. with those of the Lycodon fasciatus group. Characters highlighted in bold are considered diagnostic (with respect to Lycodon latifasciatus sp. nov.). Numeric values provided for SVL refer to the maximum snout vent length attained by each species. SpeciesMax SVL (mm)TaL/TotalLVENSCBBTBDSR keeled?CPLOR-EDorsal ground colorColor of light crossbandsBelly patternDistributionsSourceslatifasciatus sp. nov.6800.21–0.23206–21690–9629–3613–21KeeledEntireYes (No)Dark brown or blackOrange or light brownBanded & spottedChina, MyanmarThis studybutleri6480.19–0.24216–22881–9728–3714–25KeeledEntireYesGray or blackWhite or grayBanded & spottedThailand, Peninsular MalaysiaGrismer et al. (2014); Nguyen et al. (2024a)davidi3080.21224998438KeeledEntireNoDark brownBrownish grayBanded & spottedLaosVogel et al. (2012)cavernicolus4060.20–0.21232–24592–11336–4529–41KeeledEntireYesLight brownWhite or light brownPlainThailand; Peninsular MalaysiaGrismer et al. (2014); Vogel et al. (2024)fasciatus7060.19–0.22197–21374–9028–4310–20KeeledEntireYesBlack or dark brownWhite or light brown anteriorly, variable posteriorly, usually light brown or reddish brownBanded & spottedChina, Myanmar, India, Bhutan, Thailand, Laos, VietnamNguyen et al. (2024a); Vogel et al. (2024)gammiei11100.19–0.25205–228101–11242–5816–23KeeledEntireNoBlackYellow or olive yellowBandedIndia, Bhutan, ChinaMistry et al. (2007); Chettri & Bhupathy (2009); Shu et al. (2024)gongshan7980.21–0.27203–21679–9626–469–16KeeledEntireYesBlackWhite anteriorly, variable posteriorly, usually orange brown or reddish brownVariable (banded or banded & spotted)China, MyanmarVogel & Luo (2011); Huange et al. (2021); this studyliuchengchaoi6760.16–0.22200–22868–8118–547–16KeeledDivided or EntireYesBlackCream anteriorly, yellow, orange or light brown posteriorlyBandedChinaZhang et al. (2011); Nguyen et al. (2024a)multifasciatus5700.23–0.26227–237106–11751–7225–35KeeledEntireNoDark brownLight brownPlainJapanMaki 1931; Vogel et al. (2009); Nguyen et al. (2024a)multizonatus5050.16–0.18191–20256–7555–6211–19KeeledDividedYesBlackOrange or reddish brownVariable (plain or banded)ChinaLei et al. (2014); Nguyen et al. (2024a)obvelatus4470.19199763113SmoothEntireYesBlackLight orange or salmonBanded & spottedChinaWang et al. (2021); Nguyen et al. (2024a)pictus5430.18–0.23209–21882–9125–328–16SmoothEntireYes or NoBlack or dark brownWhite or cream anteriorly, light brown posteriorlyBandedVietnam, ChinaJanssen et al. (2019, 2020); Xu et al. (2023); Nguyen et al. (2024a)ruhstrati abditus7620.19–0.24206–22982–10617–469–23KeeledEntireNoDark brownWhite anteriorly, white or gray brown posteriorlyPlain & spottedChina, Vietnam, LaosVogel et al. (2009); Nguyen et al. (2024a)ruhstrati ruhstrati8100.21–0.25211–22897–11433–4614–25KeeledEntireNoBlack or dark brownGray brownPlain & spottedTaiwan IslandVogel et al. (2009); Nguyen et al. (2024a)serratus4800.24198846626SmoothDividedYesDark brownOlive brown (tawny olive)Banded & spottedChinaWang et al. (2021)sidiki6500.19–0.24195–21277–9125–3310–16KeeledEntireYesBlackLight grayBandedIndonesia (Sumatra)Wostl et al. (2017); Nguyen et al. (2024a)synaptor3950.19201–20368–6930–319KeeledEntireNoBlack or dark brownWhiteBandedChinaVogel & David (2010)yunnanensis5500.18–0.21186–20267–8020–367–12KeeledEntireYesBlack or dark brownWhiteBanded & spottedChina, VietnamVogel et al. (2024) ......continued on the next page