Pseudoxyrhophiidae Explained

The Pseudoxyrhophiidae is a family of elapoid snakes, found mostly in Madagascar.^[1] They were formerly placed as a subfamily of the Lamprophiidae, but have been more recently identified as a distinct family.^[2]

It contains about 22 genera in two subfamilies:^{[3] [4]}

• Amplorhininae Meirte, 1992
  • Amplorhinus
  • Ditypophis
  • Duberria
• Pseudoxyrhophiinae Dowling, 1975
  • Alluaudina
  • Brygophis
  • Compsophis
  • Dromicodryas
  • Elapotinus
  • Heteroliodon
  • Ithycyphus
  • Langaha
  • Leioheterodon
  • Liophidium
  • Liopholidophis
  • Lycodryas
  • Madagascarophis
  • Micropisthodon
  • Pararhadinaea
  • Parastenophis
  • Phisalixella
  • Pseudoxyrhopus
  • Thamnosophis

Notes and References

1. Book: Cadle JE . Colubridae, Snakes in The Natural History of Madagascar . 997–1004 . Goodman SM, Benstead JP . 2003 . The Natural History of Madagascar . Chicago . University of Chicago Press . 978-0226303079.
2. Zaher H, Murphy RW, Arredondo JC, Graboski R, Machado-Filho PR, Mahlow K, Montingelli GG, Quadros AB, Orlov NL, Wilkinson M, Zhang YP, Grazziotin FG . 6 . Large-scale molecular phylogeny, morphology, divergence-time estimation, and the fossil record of advanced caenophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes) . PLOS ONE . 14 . 5 . e0216148 . 2019-05-10 . 31075128 . 6512042 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0216148 . 2019PLoSO..1416148Z . free .
3. Pyron RA, Burbrink FT, Wiens JJ . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes . BMC Evolutionary Biology . 13 . 1 . 93 . April 2013 . 23627680 . 3682911 . 10.1186/1471-2148-13-93 . free .
4. Web site: Pseudoxyrhophiidae . 2022-07-21 . www.mv.helsinki.fi . en.