Biology:Heteroliodon
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Short description: Genus of snakes
Heteroliodon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Pseudoxyrhophiidae |
Subfamily: | Pseudoxyrhophiinae |
Genus: | Heteroliodon Boettger, 1913 |
Species | |
Three recognized species, see article. |
Heteroliodon is a genus of snake in the pseudoxyrhophiid family found only on the island of Madagascar . They are harmless to humans.
Species
Three species are currently recognized.[1]
- Heteroliodon fohy - Glaw, Vences, & Nussbaum, 2005
- Heteroliodon lava - Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 2000
- Heteroliodon occipitalis - (Boulenger, 1896)
References
- Genus Heteroliodon at The Reptile Database
- Notes
- ↑ Heteroliodon at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 February 2014.
Wikidata ☰ Q1910224 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteroliodon.
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