Ithycyphus

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

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

Five species are recognized as being valid.

Ithycyphus blanci Domergue, 1988
Ithycyphus goudoti (Schlegel, 1837) – forest night snake
Ithycyphus miniatus (Schlegel, 1837) – cinnabar Malagasy night snake, cinnabar Malagasy vinesnake, tiny night snake
Ithycyphus oursi Domergue, 1986 – Malagasy night snake
Ithycyphus perineti Domergue, 1986 – Périnet night snake

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

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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Ithycyphus

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