New rain-forest species of Pseudoxyrhopus Gunther (Squamata: Colubridae) from northern Madagascar

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Nussbaum, RA [1 ]
Andreone, F
Raxworthy, CJ
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[1] Univ Michigan, Museum Zool, Div Reptiles & Amphibians, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[2] Museo Reg Sci Nat, Sez Zool, I-10123 Turin, Italy
[3] Columbia Univ, Ctr Environm Res & Conservat, New York, NY 10007 USA
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10.2307/1447708
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Q95 [动物学];
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071002 ;
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The colubrid snake genus Pseudoxyrhopus includes nine species endemic to Madagascar. A 10th species, P. analabe, is described from a single specimen collected in primary rain forest at 1050-m elevation on the western slopes of Anjanaharibe-Sud Mountain in northern Madagascar. Pseudoxyrhopus analabe differs from all other Pseudoxyrhopus in having all undivided subcaudal scales; it also has an undivided cloacal plate, a condition known for only one other species within the genus, P. tritaeniatus.
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