Biology:Ithycyphus
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Short description: Genus of snakes
| 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. | |
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).
Species
Five 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
- ↑ Ithycyphus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 February 2014.
Further reading
- 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).
Wikidata ☰ Q2323243 entry
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