Heteroliodon lava NUSSBAUM & RAXWORTHY, 2000
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| Higher Taxa | Pseudoxyrhophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Heteroliodon lava NUSSBAUM & RAXWORTHY 2000
Heteroliodon lava — WALLACH et al. 2014: 330 |
| Distribution | Madagascar
Type locality: Lac Vert, Ankarana Special Reserve, 12°52’ S, 49° 06’ E, 100 m elevation, Ambilobe Fivondronana, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: UMMZ 221787 |
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| Etymology | Named 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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