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| − | * ''[[Lycodryas maculatus|Dipsadoboa maculata]]'' {{aut|Günther}}, 1858. The genus was erected with the description of ''[[Lycodryas maculatus|Lycodryas sanctijohannis]]'' {{aut|Günther}}, 1879, which was placed in Synonymy of ''[[Lycodryas maculatus]]'' by {{aut|Hawlitschek}} et al. ( | + | * ''[[Lycodryas maculatus|Dipsadoboa maculata]]'' {{aut|Günther}}, 1858. The genus was erected with the description of ''[[Lycodryas maculatus|Lycodryas sanctijohannis]]'' {{aut|Günther}}, 1879, which was placed in Synonymy of ''[[Lycodryas maculatus]]'' by {{aut|Hawlitschek}} et al. (2012). |
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Revision as of 21:56, 13 September 2012
Ordo: Squamata
Familia: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Lycodryas
Name
- Lycodryas Günther, 1879
Type species
- Dipsadoboa maculata Günther, 1858. The genus was erected with the description of Lycodryas sanctijohannis Günther, 1879, which was placed in Synonymy of Lycodryas maculatus by Hawlitschek et al. (2012).
Selected species
Lycodryas maculatus, Lycodryas cococola
References
- Günther, A. 1858: Catalogue of Colubrine snakes of the British Museum. London: I - XVI, 1-281.
- Günther, A. 1879: On mammals and reptiles from Johanna, Comoro Islands. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5), 3: 215-219.
- Boulenger, G.A. 1896: Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum, Vol. 3. London (Taylor & Francis): 727 pp.
- Domergue, C.A. 1970: Notes sur les serpents de la région malgache. Lycodryas maculatus (Günther, 1858), espèce des Comores. Description de deux femelles. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., Paris 3: 449-451.
- Nagy, Z.T., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2010: Systematics of the snake genera Stenophis and Lycodryas from Madagascar and the Comoros. Zoologica Scripta, 39: 426–435.
- Hawlitschek, O., Nagy, Z. & Glaw, F. (in press): Island evolution and systematic revision of Comoran snakes: why and when subspecies still make sense. PLoS ONE.
