''Heteroliodon'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
snake
Snakes are elongated, Limbless vertebrate, limbless, carnivore, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other Squamata, squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping Scale (zoology), scales. Ma ...
in the
pseudoxyrhophiid family found only on the island of
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. They are harmless to humans.
Species
Three
species
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are currently recognized.
* ''
Heteroliodon fohy'' -
Glaw, Vences, & Nussbaum, 2005
* ''
Heteroliodon lava'' -
Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 2000
* ''
Heteroliodon occipitalis'' -
(Boulenger Boulenger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Benjamin Boulenger (born 1990), French footballer
* Edward George Boulenger (1888–1946), British zoologist, director of aquarium at London Zoo
* George Albert Boulenger (1858–1 ...
, 1896)
References
*
;Notes
Snake genera
Taxa named by Oskar Boettger
Reptiles of Madagascar
Pseudoxyrhophiidae
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