Liophidium rhodogaster (SCHLEGEL, 1837)

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Higher Taxa	Pseudoxyrhophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Gold-collarcd Snake
Synonym	Herpetodryas rhodogaster SCHLEGEL 1837: 193 Enicognathus rhodogaster — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 332 Enicognathus rhodogaster — GÜNTHER 1859: 228 Enicognathus rhodogaster — JAN 1866 Polyodontophis rhodogaster — BOULENGER 1893: 182 Liophidium rhodogaster — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 335 Liophidium rhodogaster — VAN BEEST 2004 Liophidium rhodogaster — WALLACH et al. 2014: 387
Distribution	Madagascar Type locality: "l'ile de Madagascar."
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 1956, a 530 mm female (Quoy and Gaimard)
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after Greek rhodon (a rose, hence red) and gaster (belly), in allusion to the reddish venter of the species.
References	Andreone F., Randrianirina J., Jenkins P.D. & Aprea G. 2000. Species diversity of Amphibia, Reptilia and Lipotyphla (Mammalia) at Ambolokopatrika, a rainforest between the Anjanaharibe-Sud and Marojejy massifs, NE Madagascar. Biodiversity and Conservation 9: 1587–1622 - get paper here Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - 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, N.; Köhler, J.; Franzen, M & Glaw, F. 2008. A conservation assessment of the amphibians and reptiles of the Forêt d’Ambre Special Reserve, north Madagascar. MADAGASCAR CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT 3 (1): 44-54 - get paper here Gehring, P.-S., F. M. Ratsoavina & M. Vences 2010. Filling the gaps – amphibian and reptile records from lowland rainforests in eastern Madagascar. Salamandra 46 (4): 214-234 - 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) Guibé ,J. 1958. Les serpents de Madagascar. Memoires de l’Institut Scientifique de Madagascar 12: 189-260 Guibé, J. & Roux-Estève, R. 1972. Les types de Schlegel (Ophidiens) présents dans les collections du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Zoologische Mededelingen 47: 129-134 - get paper here Günther,A. 1859. On the geographical distribution of reptiles. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 3: 221-237 - get paper here Jan, G. 1866. Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 16. Livraison. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris - get paper here Müller, Friedrich 1881. Zweiter Nachtrag zum Katalog der herpetologischen Sammlung des Basler Museums [1881 printed on paper]. Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel 7 (2): 166-174. - get paper here Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Descriptive. La Haye (J. Kips, J. HZ. et W. P. van Stockum), 606 S. + xvi - get paper here Van Beest, Piet 2004. Herpetologische waarnemingen op Madagaskar, aprol 2001 deel 4: het Noorden. Lacerta 62 (6): 226-255 - 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.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://wildherps.com/species/L.rhodogaster.html https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/516176030607000/ http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/0408/0208.jpeg Google images

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