Liophidium

Liophidium torquatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamilia: Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus: Liophidium
Species (10): L. apperti – L. chabaudi – L. maintikibo – L. mayottensis – L. pattoni – L. rhodogaster – L. therezieni – L. torquatum – L. trilineatum – L. vaillanti

Name

Liophidum Boulenger, 1896: 598

• Type species: Liophidium trilineatum Boulenger, 1896, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III. Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ. British Museum (Natural History): London. xiv + 727 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Franzen, M., Jones, J., Raselimanana, A.P., Nagy, Z.T., D'Cruze, N., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2009. A new black-bellied snake (Pseudoxyrhophiinae: Liophidium) from western Madagascar, with notes on the genus Pararhadinaea. Amphibia-Reptilia 30(2): 173–183. DOI: 10.1163/156853809788201171 Reference page. 
• Vieites, D.R., Ratsoavina, F.M., Randrianiaina, R.-D., Nagy, Z.T., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2010. A rhapsody of colours from Madagascar: discovery of a remarkable new snake of the genus Liophidium and its phylogenetic relationships. Salamandra 46(1): 1–10. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Liophidium . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 February 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Madagascar Smooth Snakes