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Liophidium torquatum (BOULENGER, 1888)

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Higher TaxaPseudoxyrhophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCoronella torquata BOULENGER 1888: 103
Polyodontophis torquata — BOULENGER 1893: 183
Polyodontophis torquatus — BARBOUR 1918: 486
Parasibynophis torquatum — LEVITON & MUNSTERMAN 1956: 3
Liophidium torquatum — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 335
Liophidium torquatum — D’CRUZE et al. 2007
Liophidium torquatum — WALLACH et al. 2014: 387 
DistributionMadagascar, Nossi Be = Nosy Bé, Nosy Tanikely  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1946.1.1.38 (and possibly additional specimens). 
Diagnosis 
CommentType species: Coronella torquata BOULENGER 1888 is the type species of the genus Parasibynophis LEVITON & MUNSTERMAN 1956 (= Liophidium fide UNDERWOOD 1967: 10). 
References
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