Lycodryas

Lycodryas
Lycodryas maculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Lamprophiidae
Subfamily:	Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus:	Lycodryas Günther, 1879
Species
Ten recognized species, see article.

Lycodryas is a genus of lamprophiid snakes. Eight species are endemic to the island of Madagascar and two to the Comoros Islands. They are harmless to humans.

Species

Ten species are currently recognized.

• Lycodryas carleti (Domergue, 1995)
• Lycodryas citrinus (Domergue, 1995)
• Lycodryas cococola Hawlitschek, Nagy, & Glaw, 2012
• Lycodryas gaimardii (Schlegel, 1837)
• Lycodryas granuliceps (Boettger, 1877)
• Lycodryas guentheri (Boulenger, 1896)
• Lycodryas inopinae (Domergue, 1995)
• Lycodryas inornatus (Boulenger, 1896)
• Lycodryas maculatus (Günther, 1858) - spotted tree snake
• Lycodryas pseudogranuliceps (Domergue, 1995)

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

Further reading

• Günther A. 1879. On Mammals and Reptiles from Johanna, Comoro Islands. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fifth Series, 3: 215-219. (Lycodryas, new genus, p. 218).