Toxicodryas

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Toxicodryas
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Toxicodryas vexator
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Toxicodryas
Hallowell, 1857

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

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Geographic range

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

Species

Four 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.

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