Ithycyphus goudoti (SCHLEGEL, 1837)
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Higher Taxa | Pseudoxyrhophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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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 Stenophis longicaudus BOETTGER 1896 Ithycyphus goudoti — BOULENGER 1896: 34 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). |
Etymology | Named after Jules Prosper Goudot, French traveler, collector (for the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris), and entomologist who worked and lived in Madagascar in the first half of the 19th century. |
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