Compsophis laphystius

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Compsophis laphystius

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Genus: Compsophis
Species:
C. laphystius
Binomial name
Compsophis laphystius
(Cadle, 1996)
Synonyms[2]

Compsophis laphystius is a

Pseudoxyrhophiinae of the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. laphystius is the riparian zone of humid forest.[1]

Diet

C. laphystius

frogs.[1]

Reproduction

C. laphystius is oviparous.[2]

References

Further reading

  • Cadle JE (1996). "Systematics of Snakes of the Genus Geodipsas (Colubridae) from Madagascar, with Descriptions of New Species and Observations on Natural History". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 155 (2): 33–87. (Geodipsas laphystia, new species, pp. 35–44, Figures 1, 3).
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