Lycodryas maculatus

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Lycodryas maculatus
Lycodryas maculatus (Gunther, 1858) male from Anjouan (ZSM 38-2010).png
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Genus: Lycodryas
Species:
L. maculatus
Binomial name
Lycodryas maculatus
(Günther, 1858)
Synonyms [1]
  • Dipsadoboa maculata
    Günther, 1858
  • Lycodryas sancti johannis
    Günther, 1879
  • Stenophis maculatus
    Boulenger, 1896
  • Lycodryas maculatus
    Meirte, 1999

Lycodryas maculatus, also known commonly as the spotted tree snake, is a species of snake in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The species is endemic to the Comoros. It is harmless to humans.

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Geographic range

L. maculatus is found on the island Mayotte. [1]

Description

L. maculatus may attain a total length of 65.5 cm (25.8 in), which includes a tail 16.5 cm (6.5 in) long. [2]

Reproduction

L. maculatus is oviparous. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Species Lycodryas maculatus at The Reptile Database
  2. Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Stenophis maculatus, p. 43 + Plate IV, figure 2, lateral and dorsal views of head).

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