Pseudoxyrhopus ankafinaensis RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 1994

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Higher Taxa	Pseudoxyrhophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Pseudoxyrhopus ankafinaensis RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM 1994 Pseudoxyrhopus ankafinaensis — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 332 Pseudoxyrhopus ankafinaensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 610
Distribution	Madagascar Type locality: “Ankafana, Betsileo, Madagascar” [= Ankafina].
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1882.2.25.65
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A Pseudoxyrhopus with 25 dorsal scale rows at midbody, short parietal scales equal in length to frontal, loreal scale almost as high as long, body dark brown dorsally, supralabials and rostral marked by a contiuous white line.
Comment
Etymology	Named after its type locality.
References	Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3) Raxworthy C J. Nussbaum R A. 1994. A review of the madagascan snake genera Pseudoxyrhopus, Pararhadinaea and Heteroliodon (Squamata: Colubridae). MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (182): I-IV + 1-37 - 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 - Pseudoxyrhopus ankafinaensis - Critically Endangered, CR Google images

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