Ithycyphus
| Ithycyphus | |
|---|---|
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| Ithycyphus miniatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pseudoxyrhophiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudoxyrhophiinae |
| Genus: | Ithycyphus Günther, 1873 |
| Species | |
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Five recognized species, see article. | |
Ithycyphus is a genus of venomous snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The genus is found only on the island of Madagascar. Species in the genus Ithycyphus are potentially harmful to humans (see Ithycyphus miniatus).
Species
Five species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Ithycyphus blanci Domergue, 1988
- Ithycyphus goudoti (Schlegel, 1837) – forest night snake
- Ithycyphus miniatus (Schlegel, 1837) – cinnabar Malagasy night snake, cinnabar Malagasy vinesnake, tiny night snake
- Ithycyphus oursi Domergue, 1986 – Malagasy night snake
- Ithycyphus perineti Domergue, 1986 – Périnet night snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ithycyphus.
References
- ↑ Ithycyphus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 February 2014.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Genus Ithycyphus, p. 34).
- Günther A (1873). "Description of a new Snake from Madagascar". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fourth Series 11: 374–375. (Ithycyphus, new genus).