Genus of snakes
Liophidium is a genus of snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. 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]
- 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
- ^ 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.
