Madagascarophis fuchsi

Taxonavigation

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

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.

References

• Glaw, F., Kucharzewski, C., Köhler, J., Vences, M. & Nagy, Z.T. 2013. Resolving an enigma by integrative taxonomy: Madagascarophis fuchsi (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), a new opisthoglyphous and microendemic snake from northern Madagascar. Zootaxa 3630(2): 317–332. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3630.2.7 Reference page.