Liopholidophis

Liopholidophis
Liopholidophis dolicocercus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamily:	Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus:	Liopholidophis Mocquard, 1904
Species
8 recognized species, see article.

Liopholidophis is a genus of harmless pseudoxyrhophiid snakes endemic to the island of Madagascar.

Species

Eight species are currently recognized.

• Liopholidophis baderi Glaw, Kucharzewski, Nagy, Hawlitschek & Vences, 2013
• Liopholidophis dimorphus Glaw, Nagy, Franzen & Vences, 2007
• Liopholidophis dolicocercus (Peracca, 1892)
• Liopholidophis grandidieri Mocquard, 1904 – Grandidier's water snake
• Liopholidophis oligolepis Glaw, Kucharzewski, Nagy, Hawlitschek & Vences, 2013
• Liopholidophis rhadinaea J. Cadle, 1996
• Liopholidophis sexlineatus (Günther, 1882) – six-lined water snake
• Liopholidophis varius (Fischer, 1884)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Liopholidophis.

Further reading

• Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2007). A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar 3rd edition. Köln: M. Vences & F. Glaw Verlags GbR. ISBN 978-3-929449-03-7.

External links

• Genus Liopholidophis at The Reptile Database