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Taxonomy of the genus Liopholidophis Biodiversity of the family Lamprophiidae

Bibliography of the genus
Liopholidophis (Madagascar Smooth Water Snakes)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Lamprophiidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Liopholidophis in general

Cadle, J.E. 1996. Snakes of the genus Liopholidophis (Colubridae) from eastern Madagascar: new species, revisionary notes, and an estimate of phylogeny. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 154(5): 369-464.

Cadle, J.E. 2009. Sexual dimorphism and reproductive biology in the Malagasy snake genus Liopholidophis (Lamprophiidae: Pseudoxyrhophiinae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 60(15-20): 461-502.

Glaw, F.; Kucharzewski, C.; Nagy, Z.T.; Hawlitschek, O.; Vences, M. 2014. New insights into the systematics and molecular phylogeny of the Malagasy snake genus Liopholidophis suggest at least one rapid reversal of extreme sexual dimorphism in tail length. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 14(1): 121-132.

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(4): 291-300.

Hoser, R.T. 2013. In praise of subgenera, with ethics and within the rules of zoology: taxonomic status of the snake genera Calliophis Gray, 1835, Liophidium Boulenger, 1896 and Liopholidophis Mocquard, 1904 (Serpentes). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 17: 35-50.

Hubbs, C.L. 1932. The use of the generic name Ophis for an eel, a snake and a mollusc. Copeia 1932: 26-27.

Mocquard, F. 1904. Description de quelques reptiles et d'un batracien nouveaux de la collection du Museum. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 1904: 301-309.

Liopholidophis baderi

Glaw, F.; Kucharzewski, C.; Nagy, Z.T.; Hawlitschek, O.; Vences, M. 2014. New insights into the systematics and molecular phylogeny of the Malagasy snake genus Liopholidophis suggest at least one rapid reversal of extreme sexual dimorphism in tail length. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 14(1): 121-132.

Liopholidophis grandidieri

Cadle, J.E. 2014. Natural history and taxonomic notes on Liopholidophis grandidieri Mocquard, an upland rain forest snake from Madagascar (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae: Pseudoxyrhophiinae). Herpetological Conservation and Biology 9(2): 406-416.

Mocquard, F. 1904. Description de quelques reptiles et d'un batracien nouveaux de la collection du Museum. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 1904: 301-309.

Liopholidophis oligolepis

Glaw, F.; Kucharzewski, C.; Nagy, Z.T.; Hawlitschek, O.; Vences, M. 2014. New insights into the systematics and molecular phylogeny of the Malagasy snake genus Liopholidophis suggest at least one rapid reversal of extreme sexual dimorphism in tail length. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 14(1): 121-132.

Liopholidophis rhadinaea

Cadle, J.E. 1996. Snakes of the genus Liopholidophis (Colubridae) from eastern Madagascar: new species, revisionary notes, and an estimate of phylogeny. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 154(5): 369-464.

Liopholidophis sexlineatus

Chiari, Y.; Ravelonkasina, D.M.; Faliarisoa, E. 2006. Geographic distribution: Liopholidophis sexlineatus (NCN). Herpetological Review 37(3): 363.

Rosa, G.M.; Edmonds, D.; Lau, I.; Andreone, F.; Bergo, P.E. 2012. Natural history notes: Liopholidophis sexlineatus. Diet. Herpetological Review 43(2): 345-346.

Liopholidophis varius

Amaral, A. do 1929. Valor systematico de varias formas de ophidios neotropicos. Memorias do Instituto Butantan (Sao Paulo) 4: 3-68.

Cadle, J.E. 1998. The identity of Leptophis varius Fischer, 1884, and placement of Liopholidophis pinguis Parker, 1925, in its synonymy. Journal of Herpetology 32(3): 434-437.

Thomas, R.A.; Di-Bernardo, M.; Grillitsch, H. 2001. Philodryas pallidus Werner, 1926: A synonym of the colubrid snake Liopholidophis varius (Fischer, 1884) from Madagascar. Journal of Herpetology 35(1): 120-122.

Werner, F. 1926. Neue oder wenig bekannte Schlangen aus dem Wiener naturhistorischen Staatsmuseum. 3. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin 135: 243-257.