Liophidium

Liophidium
Liophidium torquatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
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

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.

External links

• Genus Liophidium at The Reptile Database