Compsophis coulangesi (DOMERGUE, 1988)
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Compsophis coulangesi
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| Higher Taxa | Pseudoxyrhophiidae, Pseudoxyrhophiinae, Elapoidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Perinetia coulangesi DOMERGUE 1988: 135 Brygophis coulangesi — DOMERGUE & BOUR 1988 (nom. subst.) Brygophis coulangesi — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 340 Brygophis coulangesi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 126 Compsophis coulangesi — RUANE et al. 2025 |
| Distribution | Madagascar 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. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MNHN-RA 1977.0817, female |
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| Comment | Type 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. Ruane et al. 2025 synonymized Brygophis with Compsophis. Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). Etymology: The genus Brygophis 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. |
| Etymology | Named 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. |
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