Species

Lycophidion ornatum

Lycophidion ornatum · described by PARKER 1936

Lycophidion capense, a close relative of Lycophidion ornatum — Pictured: Lycophidion capense, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.
Photo: Justin Ponder, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name: Lycophidion ornatum
First described: PARKER 1936
Class: Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order: Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group: Snakes (Serpentes)
Family: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Lycophidion

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree