Liopholidophis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamilia: Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus: Liopholidophis
Species (8): L. baderi – L. dimorphus – L. dolicocercus – L. grandidieri – L. oligolepis – L. rhadinaea – L. sexlineatus – L. varius

Name

Liopholidophis Mocquard, 1904

• Type species: Liopholidophis grandidieri Mocquard, 1904, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Mocquard, F. 1904. Description de quelques reptiles et d'un batracien nouveaux de la collection du Muséum. Bulletin du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle 10(26): 301–309.

Additional references

• Glaw, F., Kucharzewski, C., Nagy, Z.T., Hawlitschek, O. & Vences, M. [2013] 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: 121–132. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-013-0152-4 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Liopholidophis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 February 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Madgascar Smooth Water Snakes