Liopholidophis

Liopholidophis is a genus of harmless lamprophiid snakes endemic to the island of Madagascar.[1]

Liopholidophis
Liopholidophis dolicocercus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Lamprophiidae
Subfamily: Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus: Liopholidophis
Mocquard, 1904
Species

8 recognized species, see article.

Species

Eight species are currently recognized.[1]

  • Liopholidophis baderi Glaw, Kucharzewski, Nagy, Hawlitschek & Vences, 2013
  • Liopholidophis dimorphus Glaw, Nagy, Franzen & Vences, 2007
  • Liopholidophis dolicocercus (Peracca, 1892)
  • Liopholidophis grandidieri Mocquard, 1904 – Grandidier's water snake
  • Liopholidophis oligolepis Glaw, Kucharzewski, Nagy, Hawlitschek & Vences, 2013
  • Liopholidophis rhadinaea J. Cadle, 1996
  • Liopholidophis sexlineatus (Günther, 1882) – six-lined water snake
  • Liopholidophis varius (Fischer, 1884)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Liopholidophis.

References

  1. Liopholidophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 February 2014.

Further reading

  • Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2007). A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar 3rd edition. Köln: M. Vences & F. Glaw Verlags GbR. ISBN 978-3-929449-03-7.


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