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Mackinnon's Wolf Snake

Lycodon mackinnoni

Classification

Lycodon bicolor, commonly known as the two-coloured wolf snake, bicolored wolf snake, golden wolf snake, and Mackinnon's wolf snake, is a species of colubrid snake native to the Western Himalayas. Distribution Lycodon bicolor is restricted to the western Himalayas, ranging from Uttarakhand in India east through IOK to POK in Pakistan. It was originally described from Mussoorie, but was not found again at its type locality for over 112 years until it was rediscovered in 2019 during survey work in Binog Wildlife Sanctuary; these findings were reported in 2021.

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