Liopholidophis oligolepis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

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

Familia: Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamilia: Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus: Liopholidophis
Species: Liopholidophis oligolepis

Name

Liopholidophis oligolepis Glaw, Kucharzewski, Nagy, Hawlitschek & Vences, 2013: 127

• Holotype: ZSM 153/2005 (field number FGZC 2796), probably adult ♀, collected by F. Glaw, M. Vences & R.D. Randrianiaina on 15 February 2005.
• Type locality: “Marojejy National Park, near a campsite locally known as "Camp Mantella" (14°26.260'S, 49°46.533'E; 481 m a.s.l.), northeastern Madagascar”.

References

Primary 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.