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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Mohapatra, P. |year=2021 |title=''Lycodon tiwarii'' |volume=2021 |article-number=e.T202845A2757292 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T202845A2757292.en |access-date=12 December 2022}}</ref> <br />
| genus = Lycodon<br />
| species = tiwarii<br />
| authority = [[species:Sayantan Biswas|Biswas]] & [[species:D.P. Sanyal|Sanyal]], 1965<ref>[[species:Sayatan Biswas|Biswas S]], Sanyal DP (1965). "A new species of wolf-snake of the genus ''Lycodon'' Boie (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands". ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Calcutta'' '''18''' (2): 137–141. (''Lycodon tiwarii'', new species).</ref><br />
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'''''Lycodon tiwarii''''', [[Common name|commonly]] known as the '''Andaman wolf snake''' and '''Tiwari's wolf snake''', is a [[species]] of [[snake]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Colubridae]]. The species is native to the [[Andaman Islands]] and [[Nicobar Islands]] of [[India]].<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=RDB/><ref>[[Indraneil Das|Das I]] (1999). "Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India". pp. 43–77. '''''In'':''' [[Hidetoshi Ota|Ota H]] (editor) (1999). ''Tropical Island Herpetofauna: Origin, Current Diversity, and Conservation''. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. 353 pp. {{ISBN|978-0444501950}}.</ref><ref>[[Shreyas Krishnan|Krishnan S]] (2003). "The distribution of some reptiles in the Nicobar Islands, India". ANET technical report – May 2003.</ref><ref>[[Seenapuram Palaniswamy Vijayakumar|Vijayakumar SP]], [[Patrick David|David P]] (2006). "Taxonomy, Natural History, And Distribution Of The Snakes Of The Nicobar Islands (INDIA), Based On New Materials And With An Emphasis On Endemic Species". ''Russian Journal of Herpetology'' '''13''' (1): 11–40.</ref><br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''tiwarii'', is in honor of Indian zoologist [[Krishna Kant Tiwari]].<ref>[[Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beolens|Beolens B]], [[Michael Watkins (zoologist)|Watkins M]], [[Michael Grayson|Grayson M]] (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Lycodon tiwarii'', p. 266).</ref><br />
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==Reproduction==<br />
''L. tiwarii'' is [[Oviparity|oviparous]].<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Lycodon|species=tiwarii}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*[[Romulus Whitaker|Whitaker R]], [[Ashik Captain|Captain A]] (2008). ''Snakes of India: The Flield Guide''. Cennai: Draco Books. 495 pp. {{ISBN|978-8190187305}}.<br />
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[[Category:Fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]<br />
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1965]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Sayantan Biswas]]<br />
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