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Ithycyphus
	Ithycyphus miniatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamily:	Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus:	Ithycyphus; Günther, 1873
Species
	Five recognized species, see article.

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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[edit]

Five species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

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

References[edit]

^ Ithycyphus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 February 2014.

Further reading[edit]

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).

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[RDB-1] Ithycyphus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 February 2014.

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+{{Automatic Taxobox
 | name = ''Ithycyphus''
 | image = Ithycyphus miniatus.jpeg
-| image_caption = [[Ithycyphus miniatus]]<br/>''Ithycyphus miniatus''
+| image_caption = ''[[Ithycyphus miniatus]]''
-| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
+| taxon = Ithycyphus
+| authority= [[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1873
-| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
-| classis = [[Reptile|Reptilia]]
-| ordo = [[Squamata]]
-| subordo = [[Serpentes]]
-| familia = [[Lamprophiid]]ae
-| subfamilia = [[Pseudoxyrhophiinae]]
-| genus = '''''Ithycyphus'''''
-| genus_authority= [[Albert C. L. G. Günther|Günther]], 1873
 | subdivision_ranks = Species
-| subdivision = Five recognized species, ''see article.''
+| subdivision = Five recognized species, see article.
 }}
-'''''Ithycyphus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[lamprophiid]]s found only on the island of [[Madagascar]]. They are potentially harmful to humans (see [[Ithycyphus miniatus]]).
+'''''Ithycyphus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[venomous snake]]s in the [[Family (biology)|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 currently recognized.<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB genus|genus=Ithycyphus|accessdate=16 February 2014}}</ref>
-* ''[[Ithycyphus blanci]]'' - <small>[[:fr:Charles Domergue|Domergue]], 1988</small>
-* ''[[Ithycyphus goudoti]]'' - <small>([[Hermann Schlegel|Schlegel]], 1837)</small> - Forest Night Snake
-* ''[[Ithycyphus miniatus]]'' - <small>([[Hermann Schlegel|Schlegel]], 1837)</small> - Tiny Night Snake
-* ''[[Ithycyphus oursi]]'' - <small>[[:fr:Charles Domergue|Domergue]], 1986</small>
-* ''[[Ithycyphus perineti]]'' - <small>[[:fr:Charles Domergue|Domergue]], 1986</small>
-== References ==
+==Species==
-* {{EMBL genus|genus=Ithycyphus}}
+Five [[species]] are recognized as being valid.<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB genus|genus=Ithycyphus|accessdate=16 February 2014}}</ref>
+*''[[Ithycyphus blanci]]'' <small>[[:fr:Charles Domergue|Domergue]], 1988</small>
+*''[[Ithycyphus goudoti]]'' <small>([[Hermann Schlegel|Schlegel]], 1837)</small> – forest night snake
+*''[[Ithycyphus miniatus]]'' <small>(Schlegel, 1837)</small> – tiny night snake
+*''[[Ithycyphus oursi]]'' <small>Domergue, 1986</small>
+*''[[Ithycyphus perineti]]'' <small>Domergue, 1986</small>
+==References==
-[[Category:Lamprophiids]]
+{{Reflist}}
+==Further reading==
-{{Madagascar-stub}}
+*[[George Albert Boulenger|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.&nbsp;34).
+*[[Albert Günther|Günther A]] (1873). "Description of a new Snake from Madagascar". ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fourth Series'' '''11''': 374–375. (''Ithycyphus'', new genus).
+{{Taxonbar|from=Q2323243}}
-[[Category:snakes]]
-[[Category:Biota of Madagascar]]
+[[Category:Snake genera]]
+[[Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther]]
 [[Category:Reptiles of Madagascar]]
+[[Category:Pseudoxyrhophiidae]]
+{{Madagascar-stub}}
-==References==
-{{reflist}}