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Lycodryas maculatus

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Lycodryas maculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Genus: Lycodryas
Species:
L. maculatus
Binomial name
Lycodryas maculatus
(Günther, 1858)
Synonyms[1]
  • Dipsadoboa maculata
    Günther, 1858
  • Lycodryas sancti johannis
    Günther, 1879
  • Stenophis maculatus
    Boulenger, 1896
  • Lycodryas maculatus
    Meirte, 1999

Lycodryas maculatus, also known commonly as the spotted tree snake, is a species of snake in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The species is endemic to the Comoros. It is harmless to humans.

Geographic range

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L. maculatus is found on the island Mayotte.[1]

Description

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L. maculatus may attain a total length of 65.5 cm (25.8 in), which includes a tail 16.5 cm (6.5 in) long.[2]

Reproduction

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L. maculatus is oviparous.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Species Lycodryas maculatus at The Reptile Database
  2. ^ 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. (Stenophis maculatus, p. 43 + Plate IV, figure 2, lateral and dorsal views of head).

Further reading

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  • Günther A (1858). Catalogue of the Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi + 281 pp. (Dipsadoboa maculata, new species, p. 183).