Biology:Liophidium

Short description: Genus of snakes

Liophidium
Liophidium torquatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamily:	Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus:	Liophidium Boulenger, 1896
Species
Ten recognized species, see article.

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. All species of Liophidium are harmless to humans.

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.

• 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.

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.

Wikidata ☰ Q1821949 entry