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Madagascar Big-headed Snakes
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Madagascar Big-headed Snakes

Compsophis

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

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

Ranomafana Big-headed Snake

speciesCompsophis laphystius

Lined Forest Snake

speciesCompsophis infralineatus

Boulenger's Forest Snake

speciesCompsophis boulengeri

Fianarantsoa Big-headed Snake

speciesCompsophis zeny

Andasibe Big-headed Snake

speciesCompsophis vinckei

White-bellied Big-headed Snake

speciesCompsophis albiventris

Fiherenana White-spotted Snake

speciesCompsophis coulangesi

Mahajanga Big-headed Snake

speciesCompsophis fatsibe

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 27023.