Liophidium rhodogaster (Schlegel, 1837)

Andreone, F., Glaw, F., Nussbaum, R. A., Raxworthy, C. J., Vences, M. & Randrianirina, J. E., 2003, The amphibians and reptiles of Nosy Be (NW Madagascar) and nearby islands: a case study of diversity and conservation of an insular fauna, Journal of Natural History 37 (17), pp. 2119-2149 : 2149

(16) Liophidium rhodogaster . Mentioned for Nosy Be by Guibé (1958) without giving any further details. Domergue (1983: 1121) provides only little information on the distribution of L. rhodogaster stating that L. rhodogaster and L. torquatum are species of the humid eastern coast and the Sambirano region. At Paris Museum there is one Nosy Be specimen (MNHN 1974.1049), labelled as Liophidium rhodogaster . At a careful analysis this specimen turned out to be in reality a juvenile of L. torquatum .