Compsophis zeny

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: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

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

Name

Compsophis zeny (Cadle, 1996)

• Holotype: MCZ 181161, ♂, collected by J.E. Cadle on 11 January 1993.
• Type locality: “Approximately 7 km SW (airline) Midongy du Sud [= Midongy Atsimo], near Rianambo (“high waterfall”) on Lalampo River, 670 m elev., Fivondronana Midongy du Sud, Prov. Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, [23°39’S, 46°57’E]”.

Combinations

• Geodipsas zeny Cadle, 1996: 44 [original combination]
• Compsophis zeny — Glaw, Nagy & Vences, 2007: 60 [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

• Raxworthy, C.J., Vences, M., Rakotondravony, H. & Randriamahazo, H. 2020. IUCN: Compsophis zeny  (Vulnerable) (amended version of 2011 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T172922A176221970. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T172922A176221970.en. Accessed on 02 February 2026.