Liopholidophis dolicocercus (PERACCA, 1892)

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Higher Taxa	Pseudoxyrhophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Dromicus dolicocercus PERACCA 1892 Tropidonotus dolichocercus — BOULENGER 1893: 246 Liopholidophis dolicocercus — GLAW et al. 2007 Liopholidophis dolicocercus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 395
Distribution	Madagascar Type locality: Valle dell’Umbi (Androngoloka)
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MRSN (= MSNTO = MZUT) R857
Diagnosis
Comment	Not listed in GLAW & VENCES 1994.
References	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. 1996. Snakes of the genus Liopholidophis (Colubridae) from Eastern Madagascar: New species, revisionary notes, and an estimate of phylogeny. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 154 (5): 369-464. - get paper here Glaw, F.; Nagy, Z.T.; Franzen, M. & Vences, M. 2007. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the pseudoxyrhophiine snake genus Liopholidophis (Reptilia, Colubridae): evolution of its exceptional sexual dimorphism and descriptions of new taxa. Zoologica Scripta 36: 291–300 - get paper here Peracca, M. G. 1892. Descrizione di nuove specie di Rettili e Anfibi di Madagascar. Boll. Mus. Zool. Tor. 7 (112): 1-5 - 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 - Liopholidophis dolicocercus - Least Concern, LC National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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