Madagascarophis, Information

Sara Ruane, Frank T. Burbrink, Bernard Randriamahatantsoa & Christopher J. Raxworthy, 2016, The Cat-eyed Snakes of Madagascar: Phylogeny and Description of a New Species of Madagascarophis (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae) from the Tsingy of Ankarana, Copeia 104 (3), pp. 711-721 : 719

KEY TO THE SPECIES OF MADAGASCAROPHIS Information is based on samples in Appendix 1 and Glaw et al. (2013).

1a. Dorsal pattern consists of distinct brown/black ocel- lae, eye color red _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ MadagascarophIs ocellatus

1b. Dorsal pattern consists of anything other than brown/black ocellae, eye color not red _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2

2a. Extended contact of the posterior inframaxillary (genial) scales, 25 dorsal scale rows _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3

2b. Posterior inframaxillary scales not in contact, 25 or more dorsal scale rows _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4

3a. Ventral scales ~ 171–174, infralabials 12 or 13, body color variable _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ MadagascarophIs fuchsI

3b. Ventral scales ~ 189, infralabials 10, gray body color with a thin black dorsal stripe _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ MadagascarophIs lolo , new species

4a. Dorsal scale rows usually ± 29, ventral scale count 187–232 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ MadagascarophIs merIdIonalIs

4b. Dorsal scale rows Ś 29, ventral scale count 180– 209 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ MadagascarophIs colubrInus

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Appendix 1. Information for genetic samples used in this study; both field numbers and associated museum numbers are included when available (tissue sample only / not yet vouchered individuals have only field numbers). Institutional abbreviations follow Sabaj Pérez (2014), with the addition of ELO (collection of E. Courtois), RAN (collection of R. A. Nussbaum, University of Michigan), RAX (collection of C. J. Raxworthy, American Museum of Natural History), and TJP (collection of T. Papenfuss). * Collected on the 2014 Madagascar Expedition.