Madagascarophis fuchsi

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Elapoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamilia: Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus: Madagascarophis
Species: Madagascarophis fuchsi

Name

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Madagascarophis fuchsi Glaw, Kucharzewski, Köhler, Vences & Nagy, 2013

Holotype: ZSM 2130/2007 (field number FGZC 1152; Figs. 4 and 5), adult female, collected on 27 February 2007, by F. Glaw, J. Köhler, H. Enting, P. Bora, and A. Knoll.

Type locality: Close to the remains of the French Fort, Montagne des Français (12°19‘34“S, 49°20‘09“E, ca. 300 m above sea level), Antsiranana province, northern Madagascar.

Etymology: Dedicated to the author's former colleague and snake specialist Dieter Fuchs in recognition of his long-lasting work (1960–2007) as a technician in the herpetology section of the Zoologische Staatssammlung München.

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