Heteroliodon lava

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamilia: Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus: Heteroliodon
Species: Heteroliodon lava

Name

Heteroliodon lava Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 2000: 494

• Holotype: UMMZ 221787, (formerly RAN 55066), ♀, collected by J.-B. Ramanamanjato, A. Razafiminantsoa and A. Razafiminantsoa on 25 April 1996.
• Type locality: “Lac Vert, Ankarana Special Reserve, 12°52’S, 49°06’E, 100 m elevation, Ambilobe Fivondronana, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar”.

References

Primary references

• Nussbaum, R.A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2000. Revision of the Madagascan snake genus Heteroliodon Boettger (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae). Herpetologica 56(4): 489–499. JSTOR

Links

• Glaw, F., Vences, M., Raselimanana, A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2011. IUCN: Heteroliodon lava  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172877A6934022. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172877A6934022.en. Accessed on 09 February 2026.