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Liophidium therezieni DOMERGUE, 1984

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Higher TaxaPseudoxyrhophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLiophidium therezieni DOMERGUE 1984: 1114
Liophidium therezieni — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 337
Liophidium cf. therezieni — D’CRUZE et al. 2007
Liophidium therezieni — WALLACH et al. 2014: 387 
DistributionMadagascar

Type locality: “Forêt d’Anatelo, en bordure du massif calcaire de l’Ankarana (sous-préfecture d’Ambilobe) de la région malgache” [= Anatelo forest, Ambilobe Prefect., NW Antsiranana Province, N Madagascar].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 1982.0444 (male with extruded hemipenes); Collected by: Yves Therezien. Collection Date: February 14, 1966. Paratype: (n=1) MNHN 1978.1425, male, captured in January 1969 by Roland ALBIGNAC, professor at the University of Madagascar. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2163 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Yves Therezien, an expert on freshwater algae and a hydrobiologist at Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, where Brygoo and Domergue were his colleagues. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Cadle, J. E. 1999. The dentation, systematics, and phylogeny of Pseudoxyrhopus and related genera from Madagascar (Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new species and a new genus. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 155 (8): 381-443. - get paper here
  • D'Cruze, Neil; Jeremy Sabel, Katie Green, Jeffrey Dawson, Carlie Gardner, Janine Robinson, Georgina Starkie, Miguel Vences, and Frank Glaw. 2007. The First Comprehensive Survey of Amphibians and Reptiles at Montagne des Francais, Madagascar. Herp. Cons. Biol. 2 (2): 87-99 - get paper here
  • Domergue C A 1984. Notes sur les serpents de la region malgache 3. Description de trois especes nouvelles rapportees au genre Liophidium Boulenger, 1896. Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., Paris 5 (4) 1983: 1109-1122 - get paper here
  • DURKIN, LOUISE; MARK D. STEER, AND ELISE M.S. BELLE 2011. Herpetological Surveys of Forest Fragments Between Montagne d'Ambre National Park and Ankarana Special Reserve, Northern Madagascar. Herp. Cons. Biol. 6 (1): 114-126 - get paper here
  • Franzen, Michael; Jones, Julia; Raselimanana, Achille P.; Nagy, Zoltán T.; D'Cruze, Neil; Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel, 2009. A new black-bellied snake (Pseudoxyrhophiinae: Liophidium) from western Madagascar, with notes on the genus Pararhadinaea. Amphibia-Reptilia 30 (2): 173-183 - get paper here
  • Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3)
  • Randriamialisoa, Andriantsimanarilafy RR, Rakotondrina AJV, Rakotoarisoa JA, Nasaina RT, Rabearivony J, Raselimanana AP. 2023. Overview of Reptile Diversity from Bobaomby Complex, Northern Tip of Madagascar. . Animals 13 (21): 3396 - 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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