Mimophis mahfalensis, also known as the common big-eyed snake,[3] is a species of snake in the familyPsammophiidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar[1][2] and occurs in the central and southern parts of the island. What had been considered a northern population has been split off as a separate species, Mimophis occultus.[2]
M. mahfalensis may attain a total length of 76cm (30in), including a tail length of 19.5cm (7.7in).[4]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of M. mahfalensis are forest, savanna, and shrubland, and it has also been found in disturbed and artificial habitats.[1]
Diet
M. mahfalensispreys upon frogs, lizards, and snakes.[1]
↑ 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. (Mimophis mahfalensis, p. 171–172).
Further reading
Aprea G, Odierna G, Andreone F, Glaw F, Vences M (2003). "Unusual karyotype in the Malagasy colubrid snake Mimophis mahfalensis ". Amphibia-Reptilia24 (2): 215–219.
Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN978-3929449-03-7.
Grandidier A (1867). "Liste des reptiles nouveaux découverts, en 1866, sur la côte sud-ouest de Madagascar ". Revue et Magazine de Zoologie (Paris), 2e Série19: 232–234. (Psammophis mahfalensis, new species, p. 234. (in French and Latin).
Günther A (1868). "Sixth Account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fourth Series1 (6): 413–429 + Plates XVII–XIX. (Mimophis madagascariensis, new species, pp. 421–422 + Plate XVIII).
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