Tree Wolf Snakes
Lycodryas
Lycodryas is a genus of snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The genus contains nine species, seven of which are endemic to the island of Madagascar, and two to the Comoros Islands. Its sister taxon is Phisalixella. All of the species are harmless to humans.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Spotted Tree Snake
speciesLycodryas maculatus
Ampijoroa Tree Snake
speciesLycodryas pseudogranuliceps
Nosy Bé Tree Snake
speciesLycodryas granuliceps
Northeastern Tree Snake
speciesLycodryas gaimardi
Antsiranana Tree Snake
speciesLycodryas inopinae
Western Comoran Tree Snake
speciesLycodryas cococola
Yellow-and-black Tree Snake
speciesLycodryas citrinus
Collared Tree Snake
speciesLycodryas guentheri
Plain Tree Snake
speciesLycodryas inornatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 29527.