Toxicodryas is a genus of rear-fanged venomous snakes in the family Colubridae.[1]
| Toxicodryas | |
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| Toxicodryas vexator | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Toxicodryas Hallowell, 1857 |
Geographic range
editThe genus Toxicodryas is native to Sub-Saharan Africa.[1]
Species
editFour species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Toxicodryas adamanteus Greenbaum et al., 2021
- Toxicodryas blandingii (Hallowell, 1844) - Blandings tree snake
- Toxicodryas pulverulenta (Fischer, 1856) - Fischer's cat snake
- Toxicodryas vexator Greenbaum et al., 2021
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Toxicodryas.
References
edit- ^ a b c Genus Toxicodryas at The Reptile Database.
Further reading
edit- Hallowell E (1857). "Notice of a collection of Reptiles from the Gaboon country, West Africa, recently presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, by Dr. Henry A. Ford". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9: 48–72. (Toxicodryas, new genus, p. 60).
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