Compsophis zeny (CADLE, 1996)
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| Higher Taxa | Pseudoxyrhophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | |
| Synonym | Geodipsas zeny CADLE 1996
Compsophis (Geodipsas) zeny — GLAW et al. 2007
Compsophis zeny — WALLACH et al. 2014: 176 |
| Distribution | Madagascar (Fianarantsoa)
Type locality: “Approximately 7 km SW (airline) Midongy du Sud [= Midongy Atsimo], near Rianambo (“high waterfall”) on Lalampo River, 670 m elev., Fivondronana Midongy du Sud, Prov. Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, [23°39’S, 46°57’E].”
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 181161 |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). |
| References |
- Cadle, J. E. 1996. Systematics of snakes of the genus Geodipsas (Colubridae) from Madagascar, with descriptions of new species and observations on natural history. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 155 (2): 33-87. - get paper here
- 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
- 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.
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