Compsophis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Compsophis Mocquard, 1894: 8

Geodipsas Boulenger, 1896: 32 [synonymised by Glaw, Nagy & Vences (2007: 55)]
- Type species: Tachymenis infralineatus Günther, 1882, by subsequent designation by Loveridge (1957).
Perinetia Domergue, 1988: 135 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Perinetia Collenette, 1936]
- Type species: Perinetia coulangesi Domergue, 1988, by original designation and monotypy.
Brygophis Domergue & Bour, 1989: 805 [nomen novum pro Perinetia Domergue, 1988; synonymised by Ruane, Rakotoarimalala, Kuhn & Raselimanana (2025: 473)]
- Type species: Perinetia coulangesi Domergue, 1988, by original designation and monotypy.

Mocquard, F. 1894. Reptiles nouveaux ou insuffisamment connus de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris 8(5-6): 3–10. BHL
Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III. Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ. British Museum (Natural History): London. xiv + 727 pp. BHL Reference page.
Domergue, C.A. 1988. Notes sur les serpents de la region malgache. 8. Colubridae nouveaux. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 4ème série. Section A. Zoologie 10(1): 135–146. BHL
Domergue, C.A. & Bour, R. 1989. Brygophis nom nouveau pour Perinetia Domergue, 1988, preemploye (Reptilia, Colubridae). Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section A. Zoologie, biologie et écologie animales 10(4): 805–806. BHL Reference page.
Glaw, F., Nagy, Z.T. & Vences, M. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the Malagasy pseudoxyrhophiine snake genera Geodipsas and Compsophis based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa 1517(1): 53–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1517.1.2 ; ResearchGate Reference page.
Ruane, S., Rakotoarimalala, F., Kuhn, A.L. & Raselimanana, A.P. 2025. Brygophis coulangesi (Domergue, 1988) (Serpentes: Pseudoxyrhophiidae) and its taxonomic relationship with respect to Compsophis (Günther, 1882). Zootaxa 5729(3): 469–476. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5729.3.5 Reference page.

Cadle, J.E. 1996. Systematics of snakes of the genus Geodipsas (Colubridae) from Madagascar, with descriptions of new species and observations on natural history. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 155(2): 33–87. BHL
Ziegler, T., Vences, M., Glaw, F. & Böhme, W. 1997. Genital morphology and systematics of Geodipsas Boulenger, 1896 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new genus. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 104(1): 95–114. BHL Reference page.
Mercurio, V. & Andreone, F. 2005. Description of a new Geodipsas snake from northern Madagascar (Squamata: Colubridae). Zootaxa 1093(1): 61–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1093.1.6 Reference page.
Burbrink, F.T., Ruane, S., Kuhn, A.L., Rabibisoa, N., Randriamahatantsoa, B., Raselimanana, A.P., Andrianarimalala, M.S., Cadle, J.E., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Nussbaum, R.A., Jones, L.N., Pearson, R. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2019. The origins and diversification of the exceptionally rich gemsnakes (Colubroidea: Lamprophiidae: Pseudoxyrhophiinae) in Madagascar. Systematic Biology 68(6): 918–936. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syz026 Reference page.