Compsophis infralineatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 infralineatus (Günther, 1882)

Tachymenis infralineatus Günther, 1822: 265 [original combination]
Geodipsas infralineata — Boulenger, 1896: 32 [subsequent combination]
Compsophis infralineatus — Glaw, Nagy & Vences, 2007: 60 [subsequent combination]

Günther, A. 1882. Ninth contribution to the knowledge of the fauna of Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 5 9(52): 262–266. 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.
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.

Raselimanana, A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2011. IUCN: Compsophis infralineatus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172812A6922794. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172812A6922794.en. Accessed on 02 February 2026.