Compsophis is a genus of harmless snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The genus is found only on the island of Madagascar.[1]
| Compsophis | |
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| Compsophis laphystius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pseudoxyrhophiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudoxyrhophiinae |
| Genus: | Compsophis Mocquard, 1894 |
| Species | |
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Seven recognized species, see article. | |
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Species
editSeven species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Compsophis albiventris Mocquard, 1894
- Compsophis boulengeri (Peracca, 1892)
- Compsophis fatsibe (Mercurio & Andreone, 2005)
- Compsophis infralineatus (Günther, 1882)
- Compsophis laphystius (Cadle, 1996)
- Compsophis vinckei (Domergue, 1988)
- Compsophis zeny (Cadle, 1996)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Compsophis.
Etymology
editThe specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[3]
References
edit- ^ Glaw F, Vences M (2007). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, 3rd Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences and Glaw Verlag.
- ^ Compsophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 May 2016.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Compsophis boulengeri, p. 34).
External links
edit- Genus Compsophis at The Reptile Database
Further reading
edit- 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 [Eighth Series] 6 (17): 3–10. (Compsophis, new genus, p. 8; C. albiventris, new species, pp. 8–9). (in French).
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