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{{speciesbox
| status = NT
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Das, A. |author-link=species:Abjihit Das |author2=Ghosh, A. |author2-link=species:Avrajjal Ghosh |author3=Wangyal, J. |year=2021 |title=''Lycodon gammiei '' |volume=2021 |article-number=e.T202842A2757271 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T202842A2757271.en |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
| image = General view of the Lycodon gammiei specimen (YBU 230088) in life and its microhabitat, a big tree trunk - Oo 1042869 (cropped).jpg
| image_caption = ''Lycodon gammiei''
| genus = Lycodon
| species = gammiei
| authority = ([[William Thomas Blanford|Blanford]], 1878)
| synonyms = *''Ophites gammiei'' <br />{{small|Blanford, 1878}}
*''Lycodon gammiei'' <br />{{small|— [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1890}}
*''Dinodon gammiei'' <br />{{small|— [[Frank Wall (herpetologist)|Wall]], 1923}}
*''Lycodon gammiei'' <br />{{small|— [[species:Cameron D. Siler|Siler]] et al., 2013}}
| synonyms_ref =<ref name="RDB">{{NRDB species|genus=Lycodon|species=gammiei|accessdate=17 June 2015}}</ref>
}}

'''''Lycodon gammiei''''', [[Common name|commonly]] known as '''Gammie's wolf snake''' or the '''Sikkim false wolf snake''', is a [[species]] of non[[venom]]ous [[snake]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Colubridae]]. The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[India]].

==Etymology==
The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''gammiei'', is in honor of [[Natural history|naturalist]] James Alexander Gammie (1839–1924), who managed a ''[[Cinchona]]'' plantation in Darjeeling from 1865 to 1897.<ref>[[species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]]; [[species:Michael Watkins|Watkins, Michael]]; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Dinodon gammiei'', p. 97).</ref>

==Geographic range==
''Lycodon gammiei'' is found in northern India, in the states of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] and [[Sikkim]], and in [[Darjeeling district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]].<ref name="RDB"/>

==Habitat==
The preferred natural [[habitat]] of ''L. gammiei'' is [[forest]].<ref name=iucn/>

==Description==
At first glance, Gammie's wolf snake resembles the venomous [[krait]]s. Its body is encircled by alternating dark and light rings with irregular margins. Its head is dark olive, and there are light spots in the center of most head shields. It has an imperfect pale collar, and the underside of the head and neck are whitish. Adults are about 80 cm (32 inches) in total length (including tail).<ref>[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]] (1893). ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part.'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (''Lycodon gammiei'', p. 358).</ref>

==Reproduction==
''L. gammiei'' is [[Oviparity|oviparous]].<ref name="RDB"/>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*[[William Thomas Blanford|Blanford WT]] (1878). "Notes on some Reptilia from the Himalayas and Burma". ''Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal'' '''47''' (part 2): 125–131. (''Ophites gammiei'', new species, pp. 130–131). (in English and [[Latin]]).
*[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]] (1890). ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia.'' London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (''Lycodon gammiei'', new combination, p. 296).
*[[species:Cameron D. Siler|Siler, Cameron D.]]; [[species:Carl H. Oliveros|Oliveros, Carl H.]]; Santanen, Anssi; [[species:Rafe Marion Brown|Brown, Rafe M.]] (2013). "Multilocus phylogeny reveals unexpected diversification patterns in Asian wolf snakes (genus ''Lycodon'')". ''Zoologica Scripta'' '''42''': 262–277.
*[[Frank Wall (herpetologist)|Wall F]] (1923). "A Hand-list of the Snakes of the Indian Empire. Part 2". ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society'' '''29''': 598–632. (''Dinodon gammiei'', new combination, p. 615).
*[[Malcolm Arthur Smith|Smith MA]] (1943). ''The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes.'' London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (''Dinodon gammiei'', p. 271).
*[[species:Viral K. Mistry|Mistry V]] (2007). "Rediscovery of the Sikkim False Wolf Snake". ''Hornbill'' (Jul–Sep): 18–19.
*Mistry V, [[species:Gernot Vogel|Vogel G]], [[species:Frank Tillack|Tillack F]] (2007). "Rediscovery of ''Dinodon gammiei'' (BLANFORD 1878) (Serpentes, Colubridae), with description of its validity". ''Hamadryad'' '''31''' (2): 265–273
*[[species:Ishan Agarwal|Agarwal I]], Mistry VK, [[species:Ramana Athreya|Athreya R]] (2010). "A preliminary checklist of the reptiles of Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh, India". ''Russian Journal of Herpetology'' '''17''' (2): 81–93.
*Athreya R (2006). ''Eaglenest Biodiversity Project (2003 – 2006): Conservation resources for Eaglenest wildlife sanctuary''. Pune: Kaati Trust. 196 pp.

==External links==
* https://web.archive.org/web/20140826121733/http://naturecon.org/index.php/eaglenest-sanctuary/biodiversity-discoveries/the-darjeeling-false-wolf-snake-dinodon-gammiei-a-rediscovered-snake

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[[Category:Lycodon|gammiei]]
[[Category:Endemic reptiles of India]]
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1878]]
[[Category:Taxa named by William Thomas Blanford]]

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