A NEW SPECIES OF HETEROLIODON (REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: COLUBRIDAE) FROM MONTAGNE DES FRANÇAIS, FAR NORTHERN MADAGASCAR

Frank Glaw; Miguel Vences; Ronald A. Nussbaum

doi:10.1655/01-101.1

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Frank Glaw,^1,* Miguel Vences,² Ronald A. Nussbaum³

¹aZoologische Staatssammlung, Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247 München, Germany
²bInstitute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Zoological Museum, Mauritskade 61, 1090 GT Amster
³cDivision of Reptiles and Amphibians, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

^*Correspondence: Frank.Glaw@zsm.mwn.de

Abstract

A distinctive new species of the colubrid snake genus Heteroliodon is described from the deciduous dry forest of Montagne des Français, near the northern tip of Madagascar. The new species is characterized by stout habitus, low number of ventral scales, long relative tail length, high number of infralabial scales, and absence of a light colored vertebral stripe. The limestone massif of Montagne des Français appears to be an important center of endemism for Madagascan biota and should, therefore, be included in Madagascar's network of nature reserves.

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Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences, and Ronald A. Nussbaum "A NEW SPECIES OF HETEROLIODON (REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: COLUBRIDAE) FROM MONTAGNE DES FRANÇAIS, FAR NORTHERN MADAGASCAR," Herpetologica 61(3), 275-280, (1 September 2005). https://doi.org/10.1655/01-101.1

Accepted: 1 March 2005; Published: 1 September 2005

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