Liophidium

Liophidium
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 lamprophiid snakes, nine of which are endemic to the island of Madagascar and one to the island of Mayotte.[1] They are harmless to humans.

Species

Ten species are currently recognized.[1]

  • Liophidium apperti Domergue, 1984
  • Liophidium chabaudi Domergue, 1984
  • Liophidium maintikibo Franzen, Jones, Raselimanana, Nagy, D’Cruze, Glaw & Vences, 2009
  • Liophidium mayottensis (W. Peters, 1874) - Peters' brightsnake
  • Liophidium pattoni Vieites, Ratsoavina, Randrianiaina, Nagy, Glaw & Vences, 2010
  • Liophidium rhodogaster (Schlegel, 1837) - gold-collared snake
  • Liophidium therezieni Domergue, 1984
  • Liophidium torquatum (Boulenger, 1888)
  • Liophidium trilineatum Boulenger, 1896 - Madagascar three-lined snake
  • Liophidium vaillanti (Mocquard, 1901)

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

References

  1. 1 2 Liophidium at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

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.


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