Ithycyphus goudoti (SCHLEGEL, 1837)

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Higher Taxa	Pseudoxyrhophiidae, Pseudoxyrhophiinae, Elapoidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Forest Night Snake
Synonym	Herpetodryas goudoti SCHLEGEL 1837: 187 Dryophylax goudotii — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 1122 Philodryas goudotii — GÜNTHER 1858: 125 Ithycyphus caudolineatus GÜNTHER 1873: 374 Philodryas goudoti — MOCQUARD 1895: 103 Stenophis longicaudus BOETTGER 1896 Ithycyphus goudoti — BOULENGER 1896: 34 Ithycyphus goudoti — DOMERGUE 1986: 412 Ithycyphus goudoti — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 342 Ithycyphus goudotii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 350
Distribution	Madagascar Type locality: “Madagascar.” Emended to the vicinity of Tamatave, Toamasina Prov., Madagascar (Domergue 1986: 415).
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: RMNH 690, BMNH 1946.1.5.21-24
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Comment	Synonymy partly after BOULENGER 1896. Type species: Herpetodryas goudoti SCHLEGEL 1837: 187 is the type species of the genus Ithycyphus GÜNTHER 1873. Behavior: diurnal Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018).
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum, Vol. 3. London (Taylor & Francis), xiv + 727 pp. - get paper here Domergue C A 1986. Notes sur les serpentes de la region malgache 6. Le genre Ithycyphus Günther, 1873; description de deux especes nouvelles. Bulletin du Museum National D'histoire Naturelle SECTION A ZOOLOGIE BIOLOGIE ET ECOLOGIE ANIMALES 8 (2): 409-434 Duméril, A. M. C., Bibron, G. & DUMÉRIL, A. H. A., 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Paris, Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: i-xii + 781-1536 - get paper here Gehring, P.S. 2010. Fady, Tavy und Aye-Aye - unterwegs im Nordosten Madagaskars. Elaphe 18 (2): 62-71 Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3) Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine snakes of the British Museum. London, I - XVI, 1 - 281 - get paper here Günther, A. 1873. Description of a new snake from Madagascar. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 11: 374-375 - get paper here 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 Hyde Roberts, S., Sannolo, M., Longosoa, H. T., Clark, R., Jhaveri, L., Rosa, G. M., ... & Crottini, A. 2025. A littoral treasure trove: a comprehensive assessment of the herpetofauna of Sainte Luce, southeastern Madagascar. Systematics and Biodiversity 23(1): 2513472 - get paper here Kwet, Axel 2013. 100 Jahre Madagaskar-Forschung. Oscar Boettger und die Reisen des Alfred Voeltzkow. Terraria-Elaphe 2013 (5): 91-95 - get paper here Mocquard, F. 1895. Sur les reptiles recueillis a Madagascar de 1867 a 1885 par M. Grandidier. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, 7: 93-111 - get paper here Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Descriptive. La Haye (J. Kips, J. HZ. et W. P. van Stockum), 606 S. + xvi - 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.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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