Compsophis infralineatus (GÜNTHER, 1882)

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Higher Taxa	Pseudoxyrhophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Lined Forest Snake
Synonym	Tachymenis infralineatus GÜNTHER 1882: 265 Geodipsas infralineata — BOULENGER 1896: 32 Geodipsas infralineata — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 346 Geodipsas infralineata — ZIEGLER et al. 1997 Compsophis (Geodipsas) infralineata — GLAW et al. 2007 Compsophis infralineata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 175
Distribution	Madagascar (Fianarantsoa) Type locality: “Eastern Betsileo” [Madagascar], [= N Fianarantsoa Prov., cen. Madagascar].
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Type: BMNH 1946.1.7.20 (and possibly additional specimens).
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2196 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018).
Etymology	Named after the Latin adjective composed of the adverb infra (= below) and the Latin adjective lineatus (= lined, striped), almost certainly making reference to the typical dark stripe on the ventral side of this snake.
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 Baraud, Lena and John E. Cadle. 2016. Compsophis infralineatus (Lined Forest Snake) Diet. Herpetological Review 47 (1): 142-143 - get paper here Belluardo F, Quirós DD, Lobón-Rovira J, Rosa GM, Rasoazanany M, Andreone F, Crottini A 2021. Uncovering the herpetological diversity of small forest fragments in south-eastern Madagascar (Haute Matsiatra). Zoosystematics and Evolution 97(2): 315-343 - 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 Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3) Glaw, F.; Nagy, Z.T. & Vences, M. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the Malagasy pseudoxyrhophiine snake genera Geodipsas and Compsophis based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa 1517: 53-62 - get paper here Guibé ,J. 1958. Les serpents de Madagascar. Memoires de l’Institut Scientifique de Madagascar 12: 189-260 Günther,A. 1882. Ninth contribution to the knowledge of the fauna of Madagascar. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 9: 262-266 - 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 Mercurio, V. & Andreone, F. 2005. Description of a new Geodipsas snake from northern Madagascar (Squamata: Colubridae). Zootaxa 1093: 61-68 - 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. Ziegler T.; Vences M.; Glaw F.; Böhme W. 1997. Genital morphology and systematics of Geodipsas Boulenger, 1896 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new genus. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 104 (1): 95-114. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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