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Lycodryas gaimardi (SCHLEGEL, 1837)

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Higher TaxaPseudoxyrhophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymDipsas gaimardii SCHLEGEL 1837: 293
Heterurus gaimardii — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 1175
Heterurus gaimardii — GÜNTHER 1859: 228
Stenophis gaimardi — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 342
Stenophis gaimardi carleti DOMERGUE 1995
Stenophis carleti — CADLE 2009
Stenophis cf. gaimardi — D’CRUZE et al. 2009
Lycodryas gaimardi — GEHRING et al. 2010
Lycodryas gaimardi — NAGY et al. 2010
Lycodryas carleti — NAGY et al. 2010
Stenophis carleti — WALLACH et al. 2014: 674
Stenophis gaimardii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 674
Lycodryas gaimardi — BURBRINK et al. 2019 
DistributionMadagascar (Maroantsetra)

Type locality: Madagascar

carleti: Madagascar; Type locality: vallée de la Haute Mananono, rivière de Ia Côte Est., région de Manakara.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 3868
Holotype: MNHN-RA 1988.321, male, 12 Oct. 1968. Leg. CARLET; paratype: MNHN 1988.322 [carleti] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1144 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentDistribution: Records from Comoro are doubtful (WALLACH & GLAW 2009) and represent L. maculatus comorensis (previously L. gaimardi comorensis).

Type species: Dipsas gaimardii SCHLEGEL 1837 is the type species of the genus Stenophis BOULENGER 1896.

Synonymy: NAGY et al.2010 synonymized Stenophis with Lycodryas. Burbrink et al. 2019 consider Lycodryas carleti as a junior synonym of L. gaimardi, primarily based on low genetic differentiation.

Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018).

Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
Etymologynamed after the collectosr of the types, Quoix & Gaimard.

L. carleti was named after the collector of the type, M. Carlet. 
References
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