''Lycodryas citrinus'' is a species of snake of 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 ...

Geographic range

The snake is found in

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 ...

Description

The snake is bright yellow with black spots on its back.

References

* Reptiles of Madagascar Reptiles described in 1995 Pseudoxyrhophiidae {{colubrid-stub