Ithycyphus Explained

Ithycyphus is a genus of venomous snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The genus is found only on the island of Madagascar. Species in the genus Ithycyphus are potentially harmful to humans (see Ithycyphus miniatus).

Species

Five species are recognized as being valid.

• Ithycyphus blanci Domergue, 1988
• Ithycyphus goudoti (Schlegel, 1837) – forest night snake
• Ithycyphus miniatus (Schlegel, 1837) – tiny night snake
• Ithycyphus oursi Domergue, 1986
• Ithycyphus perineti Domergue, 1986

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Genus Ithycyphus, p. 34).
• Günther A (1873). "Description of a new Snake from Madagascar". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fourth Series 11: 374–375. (Ithycyphus, new genus).