Liophidium
Liophidium | |
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Liophidium torquatum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Lamprophiidae |
Subfamily: | Pseudoxyrhophiinae |
Genus: | Liophidium Boulenger, 1896 |
Species | |
Ten recognized species, see article. |
Liophidium is a genus of snakes in the family Lamprophiidae. The genus contains ten species, nine of which are endemic to the island of Madagascar and one to the island of Mayotte.[1] All species of Liophidium are harmless to humans.
Species[]
The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Domergue, 1984
- Domergue, 1984
- , , , , , Glaw & Vences, 2009
- (W. Peters, 1874) - Peters' brightsnake
- Liophidium pattoni , , , Nagy, Glaw & Vences, 2010
- (Schlegel, 1837) - gold-collared snake
- Domergue, 1984
- (Boulenger, 1888)
- Boulenger, 1896 - Madagascar three-lined snake
- (Mocquard, 1901)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Liophidium.
References[]
- ^ a b Liophidium at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 February 2014.
Further reading[]
- Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Liophidium, new genus, pp. 598–599).
- Glaw F, Vences M (2007). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449037.
Categories:
- Snakes of Africa
- Reptiles of Madagascar
- Snake genera
- Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
- Lamprophiidae
- Madagascar stubs