Toxicodryas

Toxicodryas is a genus of rear-fanged venomous snakes in the family Colubridae.[1]

Toxicodryas
Toxicodryas pulverulenta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Toxicodryas
Hallowell, 1857

Geographic range

The genus Toxicodryas is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.[1]

Species

Two species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Toxicodryas.

References

Further reading

  • Hallowell E (1857). "Notice of a collection of Reptiles from the Gaboon country, West Africa, recently presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, by Dr. Henry A. Ford". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 9: 48–72. (Toxicodryas, new genus, p. 60).


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