Liophidium mayottensis (PETERS, 1874)

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Higher Taxa	Pseudoxyrhophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Peters' Bright Snake
Synonym	Ablabes (Enicognathus) rhodogaster var. mayottensis PETERS 1874: 793 Polyodontophis mayottensis — BOULENGER 1893: 183 Liophidium mayottensis — BAUER et al. 1995: 69 Polyodontophis comorensis (fide ZAHER et al. 2012) Liophidium mayottensis — HAWLITSCHEK et al. 2011
Distribution	Comoro Islands Type locality: “Mayotte”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: ZMB 8024 (2 specimen)
Diagnosis
Comment	Not listed by WALLACH et al. 2014.
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Bauer, A.M.; Günther,R. & Klipfel,M. 1995. The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp. Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here Hawlitschek, Oliver; Boris Brückmann, Johannes Berger, Katie Green, Frank Glaw 2011. Integrating field surveys and remote sensing data to study distribution, habitat use and conservation status of the herpetofauna of the Comoro Islands. ZooKeys 144: 21-79 - get paper here Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1874. Über eine von Hrn. F. Pollen und van Dam auf Madagascar und anderen ostafrikanischen Inseln gemachte Sammlung von Amphibien. Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1873 (December): 792-795 - get paper here Zaher, Hussam; Felipe g. Grazziotin, Roberta Graboski, ricardo g. fuentes Paola sáncheZ-martineZ giovanna g. montingelli ya-Ping Zhang, robert W. murPhy 2012. Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Sibynophis (Serpentes: Colubroidea). Pap. Avuls. Zool. 52 (12): 141-149 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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