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''Compsophis'' is a
''Compsophis'' is a genus
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of harmless snakes 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 s ...
. The genus is found only on the island of Madagascar
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Species
Sevenspecies
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are recognized as being valid.
*'' Compsophis albiventris''
*'' Compsophis boulengeri''
*'' Compsophis fatsibe''
*'' Compsophis infralineatus''
*'' Compsophis laphystius''
*'' Compsophis vinckei''
*'' Compsophis zeny''
''Nota bene
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'': A binomial authority
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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Compsophis''.
Etymology
The specific name, ''boulengeri'', is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Compsophis boulengeri'', p. 34).References
External links
*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 ''Compsophis'', pp. 609–610; species ''C. albiventris'', p. 610). * Glaw F, Nagy ZT, Vences M (2007). "Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the Malagasy pseudoxyrhophiine snake genera ''Geodipsas'' and ''Compsophis'' based on morphological and molecular data". ''Zootaxa'' 1517: 53–62. * Mocquard F (1894). "''Reptiles nouveaux ou insuffisamment connus de Madagascar'' ". ''Compte-rendu Sommaire des Séances de la Société philomathique de Paris, Huitième Série'' ighth Series6 (17): 3–10. (''Compsophis'', new genus, p. 8; ''C. albiventris'', new species, pp. 8–9). (in French). Pseudoxyrhophiidae Reptiles of Madagascar Endemic fauna of Madagascar Snake genera Taxa named by François Mocquard {{Colubrids-stub