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Brygophis coulangesi (DOMERGUE, 1988)

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Higher TaxaPseudoxyrhophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymPerinetia coulangesi DOMERGUE 1988: 135
Brygophis coulangesi — DOMERGUE & BOUR 1988 (nom. subst.)
Brygophis coulangesi — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 340
Brygophis coulangesi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 126 
DistributionMadagascar

Type locality: Forêt de Fiherenana, en zone occidentale de la forêt de l'Est à une cinquantaine de km au nord de Périnet, altitude [elevaon] 1000 m.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 1977.0817, female 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1854 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentType species: Perinetia coulangesi DOMERGUE 1988: 135 is the type species of the genus Brygophis DOMERGUE & BOUR 1988. The name Perinetia is pre-occupied by Perinetia Collenette 1936 (Lepidoptera), Perinetia Seyrig 1952 (Hymenoptera), Perinetia Lallemand & Synave 1954 (Homoptera) and others.

Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Pierre Coulanges, a French epidemiologist who joined Institut Pasteur de Madagascar (1973) and was Director during a period when plague reappeared in Madagascar.

The genus was named after E.R. Brygoo, French herpetologist, and Director of the Laboratoire des Reptiles et Amphibiens at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. 
References
  • Andreone F, Raxworthy CJ 1998. The colubrid snake Brygophis coulangesi (Domergue 1988) rediscovered in north-eastern Madagascar. Tropical Zoology 11 (2): 249-257 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Domergue C A 1988. Notes sur les serpents de la region malgache. 8. Colubridae nouveaux. Bulletin du Museum National D'histoire Naturelle SECTION A ZOOLOGIE BIOLOGIE ET ECOLOGIE ANIMALES 10 (1): 135-146
  • Domergue, C.A. & R. BOUR 1989. Brygophis nom nouveau pour Perinetia Domergue, 1988, préemployé (Reptilia, Colubridae). Bull. Mus. nat. Hist. nat., Paris Sect. A Zool. Biol. Ecol. Anim. 10 (4) (1988): 805-806.
  • Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3)
  • Harrington, Sean M; Jordyn M de Haan, Lindsey Shapiro, Sara Ruane 2018. Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1): 61–71 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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