Dromicodryas

Dromicodryas
Dromicodryas bernieri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamily:	Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus:	Dromicodryas Boulenger, 1893
Species
Two recognized species, see article.

Dromicodryas is a genus of pseudoxyrhophiid snakes found only on the island of Madagascar. They are harmless to humans.

Species

Two species are currently recognized. ^[1]

• Dromicodryas bernieri (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – Bernier's striped snake
• Dromicodryas quadrilineatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – four-striped snake

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

Etymology

The specific name, bernieri, is in honor of French naval surgeon Alphonse Charles Joseph Bernier (1802–1858), who collected natural history specimens in Madagascar. ^[2]

References

1. Dromicodryas at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 1 February 2014.
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dromicodryas bernieri, p. 24).

Further reading

• Boulenger G (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Dromicodryas, new genus, p. 189; species D. bernieri, pp. 189–190; species D. quadrilineatus, pp. 190–191).

External links

• Genus Dromicodryas at The Reptile Database