genus
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snake
Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more j ...
s in the
family
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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 ...
. The genus contains ten
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...
, eight of which are
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to the island of
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
, and two to the Comoros Islands. All of the species are harmless to humans.
Species
The following ten
species
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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 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
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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Lycodryas''.