''Brygophis'' 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 in two ...

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Pseudoxyrhophiinae). The genus is monotypic, containing the sole species ''Brygophis coulangesi'', which is endemic to Madagascar.

Etymology

The generic name, ''Brygophis'', is in honor of French herpetologist Édouard-Raoul Brygoo. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Genus ''Brygophis'', p. 41; species ''B. coulangesi'', p. 60). The

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, ''coulangesi'', is in honor of French epidemiologist Pierre Coulanges.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of ''B. coulangesi'' is forest, at altitudes of .

Behavior

''B. coulangesi'' is arboreal.

Diet

''B. coulangesi'' preys upon frogs and small

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Reproduction

''B. coulangesi'' is

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References

* Andreone F, Raxworthy CJ (1998). "The colubrid snake ''Brygophis coulangesi'' (Domergue, 1988) rediscovered in north-eastern Madagascar". ''Tropical Zoology'' 11 (2): 249–257. * Domergue C (1988). "''Notes sur les serpents de la région malgache. 8. Colubridae nouveaux'' ". ''Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, Section A Zoologie Biologie et Ecologie Animales'' 10 (1): 135–146. (''Perinetia coulangesi'', new species, p. 135). (in French). *Domergue C, Bour R (1989). "Brygophis ''nom nouveaux pour'' Perinetia ''Domergue, 1988, préemployé (Reptilia, Colubridae)''". ''Bull. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Paris, Sect. A Zool. Biol. Ecol. Anim.'' 10 (4): 805–806. (''Brygophis'', new generic name; ''B. coulangesi'', new combination). (in French). * Glaw F, Vences M (2006). ''A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition''. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. . Pseudoxyrhophiidae Monotypic snake genera Snakes of Africa Reptiles of Madagascar Endemic fauna of Madagascar Taxa named by Charles Domergue {{Alethinophidia-stub

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