Pseudoxyrhophiidae
The Pseudoxyrhophiidae is a family of elapoid snakes, found mostly in Madagascar. They were formerly placed as a subfamily of the Lamprophiidae, but have been more recently identified as a distinct family.
It contains about 22 genera in two s ...
. The genus contains ten species, eight of which are endemic to the island of Madagascar, and two to the
Comoros
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Islands. All of the species are harmless to humans.
Species
The following ten species are recognized as being valid.
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Lycodryas carleti
''Lycodryas'' is a genus of snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The genus contains ten species, eight of which are endemic to the island of Madagascar, and two to the Comoros Islands. All of the species are harmless to humans.
Species
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Lycodryas citrinus
''Lycodryas citrinus'' is a species of snake of the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae.
Geographic range
The snake is found in Madagascar
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Lycodryas cococola
''Lycodryas cococola'' is a species of snakes of the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae.
Geographic range
Harmless to humans, the snake is found in Comoros
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Lycodryas gaimardii
''Lycodryas'' is a genus of snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The genus contains ten species, eight of which are endemic to the island of Madagascar, and two to the Comoros Islands. All of the species are harmless to humans.
Species
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Lycodryas granuliceps
''Lycodryas'' is a genus of snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The genus contains ten species, eight of which are endemic to the island of Madagascar, and two to the Comoros Islands. All of the species are harmless to humans.
Species
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Lycodryas guentheri
''Lycodryas'' is a genus of snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The genus contains ten species, eight of which are endemic to the island of Madagascar, and two to the Comoros Islands. All of the species are harmless to humans.
Species
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Lycodryas inopinae
''Lycodryas'' is a genus of snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The genus contains ten species, eight of which are endemic to the island of Madagascar, and two to the Comoros Islands. All of the species are harmless to humans.
Species
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Lycodryas inornatus
''Lycodryas'' is a genus of snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The genus contains ten species, eight of which are endemic to the island of Madagascar, and two to the Comoros Islands. All of the species are harmless to humans.
Species
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Lycodryas maculatus
''Lycodryas maculatus'', also known commonly as the spotted tree snake, is a species of snake in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The species is endemic to the Comoros. It is harmless to humans.
Geographic range
''L. maculatus'' is found on the ...
Lycodryas pseudogranuliceps
''Lycodryas'' is a genus of snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The genus contains ten species, eight of which are endemic to the island of Madagascar, and two to the Comoros Islands. All of the species are harmless to humans.
Species
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binomial authority
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Lycodryas''.