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title: "Common Wolf Snake"
description: "Lycodon capucinus — Rettili. Lycodon capucinus, also known as the common wolf snake, is a species of colubrid snake commonly found in the Indo-Australian Archipelago."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/common-wolf-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Wolf Snake

> Lycodon capucinus — Rettili. Lycodon capucinus, also known as the common wolf snake, is a species of colubrid snake commonly found in the Indo-Australian Archipelago.

- Scientific name: *Lycodon capucinus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2256
- Wikidata: [Q62654](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62654)
- iNaturalist taxon: [104885](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/104885)

## Names

- en: Common Wolf Snake
- de: Kapuzen-Wolfszahnnatter
- fr: Couleuvre capucine

## Countries with the most observations

HK (681), ID (491), TH (370), MY (183), PH (166), SG (106), VN (61), MM (9), CX (8), TL (7), KH (6), BN (5)

## Summary

Lycodon capucinus, also known as the common wolf snake, is a species of colubrid snake commonly found in the Indo-Australian Archipelago. The species is named after the enlarged front teeth which give them a muzzled appearance similar to canines and makes the snout somewhat more squarish than other snakes.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycodon_capucinus

## Photo

![Common Wolf Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-wolf-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/215690276

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-wolf-snake?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).