Notall islands are devoid of snakes, of course. Polynesia is covered in them, Madagascar has plenty, and the Caribbean is home to many as well. even their zoos donāt have snakes and there
Thecolubrid snakes of Madagascar, with the exception of the genus Mimophis Günther, constitute one of those speciose radiations. In most other clades, there are 25ā27 dorsals, but clades E and F comprise individuals with 29 dorsals. Ventral scales range from 185 to 224, but without any clear association to the genetic cladesSun5 Jun 2011 19.01 EDT. More than 600 new species have been discovered in Madagascar's unique habitats in the past decade, among them 385 plants, 42 invertebrates, 17 fish, 69 amphibians, 61
When I first came to Madagascar in 1985, there was very little practical knowledge about reptiles and amphibians anywhere, Snakes are shy and not abundant, the hardest reptiles to find during fieldwork. Madagascarās snakes have been studied for decades, and still scientists estimate that many new species are yet to be described. . 75 69 390 50 280 138 0 307 318