Wildlifeof China
Lycodon futsingensis
Colubrid Snakes
Photo: Wang J, Qi S, Lyu Z-T, Zeng Z-C, Wang Y-Y (2020) A new species of the genus Lycodon (Serpentes, Colubridae) from Guangxi, China. ZooKeys 954: 85-108. · CC BY 4.0
Lycodon futsingensis
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Range
Fujian, Hong Kong and Guangdong, China; also reported from Laos and Vietnam
Lycodon futsingensis, the Fuqing white ring snake, is a colubrid found in China, where the Reptile Database lists Fujian, Hong Kong and Guangdong, and also reported from Laos and Vietnam. It was included in China's 2023 List of Terrestrial Wildlife with Important Ecological, Scientific, and Social Value. (The Reptile Database; Wikipedia, general species account)
It has a blunt snout and a flat, nearly trapezoidal head, and irregular white rings one to six scales wide, thinner on the spine and widest on the belly. It resembles the black-backed white ring snake (Lycodon ruhstati), which has more ventral scales. (Wikipedia, general species account)
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- Where is the Lycodon futsingensis found?
- Fujian, Hong Kong and Guangdong, China; also reported from Laos and Vietnam