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Liophidium trilineatum BOULENGER, 1896

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Higher TaxaPseudoxyrhophiidae, Pseudoxyrhophiinae, Elapoidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Madagascar Three-lined Snake 
SynonymLiophidium trilineatum BOULENGER 1896: 599
Liophidium trilineatum — GUIBÉ 1958: 208
Liophidium trilineatum — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 335
Liophidium trilineatum — WALLACH et al. 2014: 387 
DistributionSW Madagascar

Type locality: ”Madagascar”, Lac Tsimanampetsotsa, SW Madagascar  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.15.66, 92.11.26.7 
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CommentType species: Liophidium trilineatum BOULENGER 1896: 599 is the type species of the genus Liophidium BOULENGER 1896. 
EtymologyNamed after the three black longitudinal lines on the dorsal side.

The genus was named after the Greek prefix lio- meaning smooth + the Greek ophis, (ὄφις), a serpent, snake. 
References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum, Vol. 3. London (Taylor & Francis), xiv + 727 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, Neil; Annette Olsonn, David Henson, Sunil Kumar, and David Emmett. 2009. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Lower Onilahy River Valley, a Temporary Protected Area in Southwest Madagascar. Herp. Cons. Biol. 4: 62-79 - 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
  • 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
  • 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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