A new black-bellied snake (Pseudoxyrhophiinae: Liophidium) from western Madagascar, with notes on the genus Pararhadinaea

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-183

  Franzen, Michael ^a   Jones, Julia ^b   Raselimanana, Achille P ^c   Nagy, Zoltán T ^d   D'Cruze, Neil ^e   Glaw, Frank ^a   Vences, Miguel ^f  

^a ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^e WORLD ANIMAL PROTECTION   (United Kingdom)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liophidium maintikibo sp. n; Liophidium therezieni; Madagascar; Molecular relationships; New distribution records; Pararhadinaea melanogaster; Squamata: serpentes: lamprophiidae

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SNAKE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

LIOPHIDIUM; MELANOGASTER; PSEUDOXYRHOPHIINAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 70149089479     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853809788201171     Document Type: Article

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