Ithycyphus is a genus of venomous snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The genus is found only on the island of Madagascar. Species in the genus Ithycyphus are potentially harmful to humans (see Ithycyphus miniatus).
| Ithycyphus | |
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| Ithycyphus miniatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pseudoxyrhophiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudoxyrhophiinae |
| Genus: | Ithycyphus Günther, 1873 |
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Five recognized species, see article. | |
Species
editFive species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Ithycyphus blanci Domergue, 1988
- Ithycyphus goudoti (Schlegel, 1837) – forest night snake
- Ithycyphus miniatus (Schlegel, 1837) – tiny night snake
- Ithycyphus oursi Domergue, 1986
- Ithycyphus perineti Domergue, 1986
References
edit- ^ Ithycyphus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 February 2014.
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 Ithycyphus, p. 34).
- Günther A (1873). "Description of a new Snake from Madagascar". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fourth Series 11: 374–375. (Ithycyphus, new genus).
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