Wolf snake - wolf snake

Japanese: オオカミヘビ - おおかみへび
Wolf snake - wolf snake

...It has a local name of Mattab. The Baikada lineage has a long, slender head and body, as well as a long tail, and is similar in both morphology and ecology to the closely related Lycodon wolf snake, which is widely distributed in Southeast Asia. The Senkaku Madara is a species recently discovered on Uotsuri Island, and it is interesting that two competing species of the same genus inhabit such a small island.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "wolf snake" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…マッタブという地方名がある。バイカダの系統は頭胴部が細長く尾も長く,東南アジアに広く分布する近縁のオオカミヘビ属Lycodonに形態,生態ともに類似する。センカクマダラは最近魚釣島から見つかった種で,狭い島に競合種である同属の2種が生息することは興味深い。…

※「オオカミヘビ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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