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Heteroliodon lava NUSSBAUM & RAXWORTHY, 2000

IUCN Red List - Heteroliodon lava - Near Threatened, NT
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Higher TaxaPseudoxyrhophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymHeteroliodon lava NUSSBAUM & RAXWORTHY 2000
Heteroliodon lava — WALLACH et al. 2014: 330 
DistributionMadagascar

Type locality: Lac Vert, Ankarana Special Reserve, 12°52’ S, 49° 06’ E, 100 m elevation, Ambilobe Fivondronana, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: UMMZ 221787 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A relatively large (maximum known SVL = 365 mm) Heteroliodon with a uniformly-colored dorsum lacking a light-colored vertebral stripe; 214-224 ventral scales. Differs from H. occipitalis by its larger size, lack of a light-colored vertebral stripe, and higher number of ventral scales (>200, <200 in H. occipitalis). (Nussbaum & Raxworthy 2000: 494)


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after "lava", Malagasy for "long", and it is used as an unlatinized specific epithet. 
References
  • BORA, PARFAIT; J. CHRISTIAN RANDRIANANTOANDRO, ROMA RANDRIANAVELONA, ELISOA F. HANTALALAINA, RAPHALI R. ANDRIANTSIMANARILAFY, DANIEL RAKOTONDRAVONY, OLGA R. RAMILIJAONA, MIGUEL VENCES, RICHARD K. B. JENKINS, FRANK GLAW, AND JÖRN KÖHLER 2010. AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF THE TSINGY DE BEMARAHA PLATEAU, WESTERN MADAGASCAR: CHECKLIST, BIOGEOGRAPHY AND CONSERVATION. Herp. Cons. Biol. 5 (1): 111-125
  • Glaw, F.; Vences, M. & Nussbaum, R.A. 2005. A new species of Heteroliodon (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) from Montagne des Francais, Far Northern Madagascar. Herpetologica 61 (3): 275-280 - get paper here
  • Nussbaum,R.A. & Raxworthy,C.J. 2000. Revision of the Madagascan snake genus Heteroliodon BOETTGER (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae). Herpetologica 56 (4): 489-499 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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