Pseudoxyrhopus ankafinaensis Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1994
Ankafina brook Snake, Ankafina ground snake
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1880
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Only known from the holotype.
Distribution
Ankafina Mountain, High Plateau, Madagascar
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Only known from the holotype.
Holotype: BM 1882.2.25.65 (adult male)
Type locality: "Ankafana (sic), Betsileo, Madagascar"
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Raxworthy, Christopher J. and Nussbaum, Ronald A. (1994). Review of the Madagascan snake genera Pseudoxyrhopus, Pararhadinaea and Heteroliodon (Squamata: Colubridae). Miscellaneous Publications of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 182: 1-37.
Other references:
Glaw, F., Raxworthy, C.J. & Vences, M. (2011). Pseudoxyrhopus ankafinaensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 21 July 2012.
Glaw, F. and Vences, M. (2007). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Third Edition. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Cologne.
Regalado, Pedro Galán. (2015). Los Anfibios y Reptiles Extinguidos: Herpetofauna Desaparecida Desde el Año 1500. Monografías de la Universidade da Coruña 155: 1-509.
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