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{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
{{Taxobox
{{Automatic Taxobox
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| name = ''Dromicodryas''
| image = Bernier's Striped Snake (Dromicodryas bernieri) (10293272993).jpg
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| image_caption = ''Dromicodryas bernieri''
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
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| taxon = Dromicodryas
| classis = [[Reptile|Reptilia]]
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| authority = [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1893
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
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| subdivision = Two recognized species, see article.
| subordo = [[Serpentes]]
| familia = [[Lamprophiid]]ae
| subfamilia = [[Pseudoxyrhophiinae]]
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| genus = '''''Dromicodryas'''''
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| genus_authority= [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1893
| subdivision_ranks = Species
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| subdivision = Two recognized species, ''see article.''
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'''''Dromicodryas''''' is a [[genus]] of [[lamprophiid]] [[snake]] found only on the island of [[Madagascar]]. They are harmless to humans.
'''''Dromicodryas''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Pseudoxyrhophiidae|pseudoxyrophiid]] [[snake]]s found only on the island of [[Madagascar]]. They are harmless to humans.


== Species ==
==Species==
Two [[species]] are currently recognized.<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB genus|genus=Dromicodryas|accessdate=1 February 2014}}</ref>
Two [[species]] are currently recognized.<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB genus|genus=Dromicodryas|accessdate=1 February 2014}}</ref>
* ''[[Dromicodryas bernieri]]'' - <small>([[André Marie Constant Duméril|Duméril]], [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]] & [[Auguste Duméril|Duméril]], 1854)</small>- Bernier's Striped Snake
*''[[Dromicodryas bernieri]]'' {{small|([[André Marie Constant Duméril|A.M.C. Duméril]], [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]] & [[Auguste Duméril|A.H.A. Duméril]], 1854)}} – Bernier's striped snake
* ''[[Dromicodryas quadrilineatus]]'' - <small>([[André Marie Constant Duméril|Duméril]], [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]] & [[Auguste Duméril|Duméril]], 1854)</small> - Four-striped Snake
*''[[Dromicodryas quadrilineatus]]'' {{small|(A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)}} – four-striped snake


''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Dromicodryas''.
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== References ==
* [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1893 : ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History)'', {{vol.|1}}, {{p.|1-448}}
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* {{EMBL genus|genus=Dromicodryas}}


==Etymology==
;Specific
The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''bernieri'', is in honor of French naval surgeon [[Alphonse Charles Joseph Bernier]] (1802–1858), who collected natural history specimens in Madagascar.<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Dromicodryas bernieri'', p. 24).</ref>
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==References==
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[[Category:Snakes]]
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==Further reading==
*[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger G]] (1893). ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part.'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (''Dromicodryas'', new genus, p.&nbsp;189; species ''D. bernieri'', pp.&nbsp;189–190; species ''D. quadrilineatus'', pp.&nbsp;190–191).

==External links==
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*{{EMBL genus|genus=Dromicodryas}}

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[[Category:Pseudoxyrhophiidae]]
[[Category:Biota of Madagascar]]
[[Category:Biota of Madagascar]]
[[Category:Reptiles of Madagascar]]
[[Category:Reptiles of Madagascar]]
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[[Category:Snake genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger]]




Latest revision as of 00:23, 21 July 2022

Dromicodryas
Dromicodryas bernieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamily: Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus: Dromicodryas
Boulenger, 1893
Species

Two recognized species, see article.

Dromicodryas is a genus of pseudoxyrophiid snakes found only on the island of Madagascar. They are harmless to humans.

Species[edit]

Two species are currently recognized.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dromicodryas.

Etymology[edit]

The specific name, bernieri, is in honor of French naval surgeon Alphonse Charles Joseph Bernier (1802–1858), who collected natural history specimens in Madagascar.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dromicodryas at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 February 2014.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dromicodryas bernieri, p. 24).

Further reading[edit]

  • Boulenger G (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Dromicodryas, new genus, p. 189; species D. bernieri, pp. 189–190; species D. quadrilineatus, pp. 190–191).

External links[edit]


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