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Compsophis

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Compsophis is a genus of harmless snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The genus is found only on the island of Madagascar.^[1]

Seven species are recognized as being valid.^[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Compsophis.

The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.^[3]

^ Glaw F, Vences M (2007). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, 3rd Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences and Glaw Verlag.
^ Compsophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 May 2016.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Compsophis boulengeri, p. 34).

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Compsophis is a genus of harmless snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The genus is found only on the island of Madagascar.