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''Lycodryas'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
snake Snakes are elongated, Limbless vertebrate, limbless, carnivore, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other Squamata, squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping Scale (zoology), scales. Ma ...
s in the
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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 contains ten
species In biology, a species is the basic unit of 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 the appropriate s ...
, 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 elsew ...
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 The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد القمري ' is an independent country made up of three islands in southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. It ...
Islands. All of the species are harmless to humans.


Species

The following ten
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are recognized as being valid. *'' Lycodryas carleti'' ( Domergue, 1995) *''
Lycodryas citrinus ''Lycodryas citrinus'' is a species of snake of the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. Geographic range The snake is found in Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, li ...
'' (Domergue, 1995) *'' Lycodryas cococola'' Hawlitschek,
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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 The ...
'' ( Schlegel, 1837) *''
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 The ...
'' ( Boettger, 1877) *''
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 The ...
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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 The ...
'' (Domergue, 1995) *''
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 The ...
'' (Boulenger, 1896) *'' Lycodryas maculatus'' ( Günther, 1858) - spotted tree snake *''
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 The ...
'' (Domergue, 1995) ''
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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''.


References


Further reading

* Günther A (1879). "On Mammals and Reptiles from Johanna, Comoro Islands". ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fifth Series'' 3: 215–219. (''Lycodryas'', new genus, p. 218). Pseudoxyrhophiidae Reptiles of Madagascar Snake genera Taxa named by Albert Günther {{Madagascar-stub