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Pseudoxyrhopus analabe NUSSBAUM, ANDREONE & RAXWORTHY, 1998

IUCN Red List - Pseudoxyrhopus analabe - Near Threatened, NT
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Higher TaxaPseudoxyrhophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymPseudoxyrhopus analabe NUSSBAUM et al. 1998: 129
Pseudoxyrhopus analabe — WALLACH et al. 2014: 610 
DistributionN Madagascar.

Type locality: western slope of Anjanaharibe-Sud, apparently outside of Anjanaharibe reserve (the boundaries are not clearly defined), which is limited to the southeastern region of the chain; 49°26.60'E, 14°46.62'S, 1050 m elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MRSN R1591, mature female 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3342 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyThe specific name "analabe" is a compound Malagasy word pronounced "an-al-uh-bay," meaning "at the big forest" and is used here as a noun in apposition ("the one at the big forest"). Analabe is also the name of the river and valley where the holotype was found. 
References
  • Andreone F., Randrianirina J., Jenkins P.D. & Aprea G. 2000. Species diversity of Amphibia, Reptilia and Lipotyphla (Mammalia) at Ambolokopatrika, a rainforest between the Anjanaharibe-Sud and Marojejy massifs, NE Madagascar. Biodiversity and Conservation 9: 1587–1622 - get paper here
  • Nussbaum, Ronald A., Franco Andreone and Christopher J. Raxworthy. 1998. New Rain-forest species of Pseudoxyrhopus Günther (Squamata: Colubridae) from Northern Madagascar. Copeia 1998 (1): 128-132 - 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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