A First Finding and a New Species of Wolf-Snake (Lycodon mackinnoni Wall, 1906) of the Ophidian Fauna of Azad Kashmir (Pakistan)

Integrative approach resolves the systematics of barred wolf snakes in the Lycodon striatus complex (Reptilia, Colubridae)

“…nov. In recent times, Manhas et al (2015), Faiz et al (2018) and Jablonski et al (2019) reported L . bicolor comb.…”

“…nov. In recent times, Manhas et al (2015), Faiz et al (2018) and Jablonski et al (2019) reported L. bicolor comb. nov. as L. mackinnoni from the Azad Kashmir Province in north-eastern Pakistan.…”

“…It is most probable that rapid colonization was affected by suitable local environmental conditions in the past which changed later. This could be the reason why the current range in Central Asia seems interrupted (see Sindaco et al, 2013), whereas populations considered as L. mackinnoni (now Mackinnon's morph) appear to be uncommon and restricted to limited areas of the Himalayan foothills (Shiwaliks) mostly above 800 m elevations (Faiz et al, 2018;Nawani et al, 2021). Lycodon bicolor comb.…”