Lycodryas maculatus, also known commonly as the spotted tree snake, is a species of snake in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The species is endemic to the Comoros. It is harmless to humans.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pseudoxyrhophiidae |
| Genus: | Lycodryas |
| Species: | L. maculatus
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| Lycodryas maculatus (Günther, 1858)
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Geographic range
editDescription
editL. maculatus may attain a total length of 65.5 cm (25.8 in), which includes a tail 16.5 cm (6.5 in) long.[2]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Species Lycodryas maculatus at The Reptile Database
- ^ Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv 727 pp. Plates I–XXV. (Stenophis maculatus, p. 43 Plate IV, figure 2, lateral and dorsal views of head).
Further reading
edit- Günther A (1858). Catalogue of the Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi 281 pp. (Dipsadoboa maculata, new species, p. 183).
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