India is home to 13 species of wolf snake, so I would like to say that this is one of the largest family of snakes in India. The yellow-spotted wolf snake is a non-venomous snake found in Maharashtra and rarely found in my area. But luckily I found it twice!
Yellow-spotted wolf snakes (
Lycodon flavomaculatus) are small compared to the common wolf snake (
Lycodon aulicus). I have come across 2 to 3 species of wolf snakes and I find yellow-spotted wolf snake the most beautiful because of its color pattern. Just imagine, my friends, how beautiful a snake looks with a dark shiny black color and thin yellow bands on it.
The maximum length of these snakes is 52 centimeters and they are oviparous by nature.
These snakes are often mistaken by people thinking that it’s a common krait (highly venomous) because the color pattern is somewhat the same. The only difference is that the bands of a krait are white in color instead of yellow. It's similar to the scarlet kingsnake and coral snake: both look the same with a slight difference, but one is venomous and the other is not.
I would like to thank my friend Saleel Gharpure for allowing me to use this photograph.
Photo by: Saleel Gharpure
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