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Dromicodryas quadrilineatus (DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL, 1854)

IUCN Red List - Dromicodryas quadrilineatus - Least Concern, LC

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Higher TaxaPseudoxyrhophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Four-striped Snake 
SynonymHerpetodryas quadrilineatus DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 213
Dromicodryas quadrilineatus — BOULENGER 1893: 190
Dromicodryas quadrilineatus — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 338
Dromicodryas quadrilineatus — D’CRUZE et al. 2007
Dromicodryas quadrilineatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 243
Dromicodryas quadrilineatus — BURBRINK et al. 2023 
DistributionMadagascar, Nossi Be = Nosy Bé, Nosy Komba

Type locality: "Madagascar."  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 7245 (Clouet or Bernier, 1847) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (920 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin quadri = four, and linea = line. 
References
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  • ANDREONE F., F. GLAW, R. A. NUSSBAUM, C. J. RAXWORTHY, M. VENCES, and J. E. RANDRIANIRINA 2003. The amphibians and reptiles of Nosy Be (NW Madagascar) and nearby islands: a case study of diversity and conservation of an insular fauna. Journal of Natural History 37 (17): 2119–2149 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Brygoo, E. R. 1983. Les ophidiens de Madagascar. Mem. Inst. Butantan 46: 19-58 [1982] - get paper here
  • Burbrink, F. T., Ruane, S., Rabibisoa, N., Raselimanana, A. P., Raxworthy, C. J., & Kuhn, A. 2023. Speciation rates are unrelated to the formation of population structure in Malagasy gemsnakes. Ecology and Evolution, 13(8), e10344 - get paper here
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  • D'Cruze, Neil; Jeremy Sabel, Katie Green, Jeffrey Dawson, Carlie Gardner, Janine Robinson, Georgina Starkie, Miguel Vences, and Frank Glaw. 2007. The First Comprehensive Survey of Amphibians and Reptiles at Montagne des Francais, Madagascar. Herp. Cons. Biol. 2 (2): 87-99 - get paper here
  • Duméril, A.M.C., G. BIBRON & A.H.A. DUMÉRIL 1854. Erpétologie générale ou Histoire Naturelle complète des Reptiles. Vol. 7 (partie 1). Paris, xvi + 780 S. - get paper here
  • D’Cruze, N.; Köhler, J.; Franzen, M & Glaw, F. 2008. A conservation assessment of the amphibians and reptiles of the Forêt d’Ambre Special Reserve, north Madagascar. MADAGASCAR CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT 3 (1): 44-54 - get paper here
  • Evans, A. M., Marshal, J. P., & Alexander, G. J. 2021. Forest patch characteristics affect reptile occurrence in north‐western Madagascar. Austral Ecology - get paper here
  • Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3)
  • Guibé ,J. 1958. Les serpents de Madagascar. Memoires de l’Institut Scientifique de Madagascar 12: 189-260
  • Hyde-Roberts, S. & C. Daly 2014. A rapid herpetofaunal assessment of Nosy Komba Island, northwestern Madagascar, with new locality records for seventeen species. Salamandra 50 (1): 18-26 - get paper here
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  • Labanowski, Robert J. and Andrew J. Lowin 2011. A reptile survey in a dry deciduous forest fragment in northern Madagascar showing new records for the little-known snake Pararhadinaea melanogaster and a range extension for the skink Amphiglossus tanysoma. Herpetology Notes 4: 113-121 - get paper here
  • Randriamialisoa, Andriantsimanarilafy RR, Rakotondrina AJV, Rakotoarisoa JA, Nasaina RT, Rabearivony J, Raselimanana AP. 2023. Overview of Reptile Diversity from Bobaomby Complex, Northern Tip of Madagascar. . Animals 13 (21): 3396 - 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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