''Parastenophis'' is a genus of snake in the family

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 Genus ...

that contains the sole species ''Parastenophis betsileanus''. It is found in

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

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Monotypic snake genera Reptiles described in 1880 Reptiles of Madagascar Pseudoxyrhophiidae Taxa named by Frank Glaw Taxa named by Miguel Vences {{colubrid-stub