''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 in two s ...
that contains the sole species ''Parastenophis betsileanus''.
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It 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 ...
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References
Monotypic snake genera
Reptiles described in 1880
Reptiles of Madagascar
Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Taxa named by Frank Glaw
Taxa named by Miguel Vences
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