Compsophis laphystius

Compsophis laphystius

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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamilia: Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus: Compsophis
Species: Compsophis laphystius

Name

Compsophis laphystius (Cadle, 1996)

• Holotype: MCZ 181390 (formerly JEC 13169), ♂, collected by J.E. Cadle on 2 January 1996.
• Type locality: “Talatakely, Ranomafana National Park, 950–1,000 m, Fivondronana Ifanadiana, Fianarantsoa Prov., Madagascar [21°16’S, 47°25’E]”.

Combinations

• Geodipsas laphystia Cadle, 1996: 35 [original combination]
• Compsophis laphystius — Glaw, Nagy & Vences, 2007: 61 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• 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.
• 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. 

Links

• Raselimanana, A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2011. IUCN: Compsophis laphystius  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172862A6931512. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172862A6931512.en. Accessed on 02 February 2026.