Pseudoxyrhopus

Pseudoxyrhopus heterurus

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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamilia: Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus: Pseudoxyrhopus
Species (11): P. ambreensis – P. analabe – P. ankafinaensis – P. heterurus – P. imerinae – P. kely – P. microps – P. oblectator – P. quinquelineatus – P. sokosoko – P. tritaeniatus

Name

Pseudoxyrhopus Günther, 1881: 359

• Type species: Homalocephalus heterurus Jan, 1893, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Homalocephalus Jan, 1863: 286
  • Type species: Homalocephalus heterurus Jan, 1893, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Jan, G. 1863. Enumerazione sistematica degli ofidi appartenenti al gruppo Coronellidae. Archivio per la zoologia, l'anatomia e la fisiologia 2(2): 213–330. BHL Reference page. 
• Günther, A. 1881. Seventh Contribution to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 5 7: 357–360. BHL

Additional references

• Cadle, J.E. 1999. The dentition, systematics, and phylogeny of Pseudoxyrhopus and related genera from Madagascar (Serpentes: Colubridae), with descriptions of a new species and a new genus. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 155(8): 381–443. Reference page. 
• Raxworthy, C.J. & Nussbaum, R.A. 1994. A review of the Madagascan snake genera Pseudoxyrhopus, Pararhadinaea, and Heteroliodon (Squamata: Colubridae). University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Miscellaneous Publications 182. hdl: 2027.42/56426

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Pseudoxyrhopus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Brook Snakes