Toxicodryas is a genus of rear-fanged venomous snakes in the family Colubridae.[1]

Toxicodryas
Toxicodryas vexator
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Toxicodryas
Hallowell, 1857

Geographic range

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The genus Toxicodryas is native to Sub-Saharan Africa.[1]

Species

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Four species are recognized as being valid.[1]

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

References

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Further reading

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  • Hallowell E (1857). "Notice of a collection of Reptiles from the Gaboon country, West Africa, recently presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, by Dr. Henry A. Ford". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9: 48–72. (Toxicodryas, new genus, p. 60).