Species

Heteroliodon lava

Heteroliodon lava · described by NUSSBAUM & RAXWORTHY 2000

Heteroliodon occipitalis, a close relative of Heteroliodon lava — Pictured: Heteroliodon occipitalis, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name: Heteroliodon lava
First described: NUSSBAUM & RAXWORTHY 2000
Class: Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order: Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group: Snakes (Serpentes)
Family: Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Genus: Heteroliodon

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

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