Heteroliodon fohy GLAW, VENCES & NUSSBAUM, 2005

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Higher Taxa	Pseudoxyrhophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Heteroliodon fohy GLAW, VENCES & NUSSBAUM 2005 Heteroliodon fohy — WALLACH et al. 2014: 330
Distribution	Madagascar (Antsiranana) Type locality: Montagne des Francais, , 12° 19’ 17’’ S, 49° 20’ 12’’E, 170 m elevation, Antsiranana Province, Far Northern Madagascar.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ZSM 548/2000
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after the Malagasy word for “short”, as opposed to the Malagasy word “lava” for “long” (as in its congener H. lava).
References	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 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 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 - Heteroliodon fohy - Endangered, EN National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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