. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. Geodipsas (Colubridae) from Madagascar • Cadle 45. Figure 5. Paratype of Geodipsas zeny (BMNH 95. 10. 29. 62, male; total length 266 mm) from "Imerina, Madagascar. " Figure 4. Holotype of Geodipsas zeny (MCZ 181161, male; total length 281 mm) from near Midongy du Sud. on, probably in the early 1890s. The de- scriptor "Imerina" refers to the territory occupied by the indigenous people of that name in the central plateau between ap- proximately parallels 18° and 21° (see, , Galheni, 1908:pl. 6).
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. Geodipsas (Colubridae) from Madagascar • Cadle 45. Figure 5. Paratype of Geodipsas zeny (BMNH 95. 10. 29. 62, male; total length 266 mm) from "Imerina, Madagascar. " Figure 4. Holotype of Geodipsas zeny (MCZ 181161, male; total length 281 mm) from near Midongy du Sud. on, probably in the early 1890s. The de- scriptor "Imerina" refers to the territory occupied by the indigenous people of that name in the central plateau between ap- proximately parallels 18° and 21° (see, , Galheni, 1908:pl. 6). Comment on the Tijpe Locality. In field notes and in previously published work (Cadle, 1996:460-461; localities for Lio- pholidophis infrasignatus, L. lateralis, and L. sexlineatus), I originally transcribed the name "Lalampo River" as "Alapo River" based on my interpretation of local in- formants' pronunciation. Here I correct the name to "Lalampo" following the 1: 100,000 "Befotaka" map published by the Institute Geographique National, Paris (1961; available through the Foiben-Tao- sarintanin'i Madagasikara [FTM], Antana- narivo). Neither name appears in recent gazetteers ( Defense Mapping Agency, 1989). Given my original field transcrip- tion, it may be referred to locally as any of the variants "Lalampo," "Alampo," or "; As of 1996, a 1:50,000 topograph- ic map of the area was unavailable to verify the name. The Lalampo is a tributary of the Itomampy River, which is the major river flowing through the town of Midongy du Sud. Upstream from the type locality, the riv- er passes over a high precipice and has eroded down to bedrock, forming a water- fall that is a well-known local landmark. Rianambo is a compound word from the Malagasy nana ( = waterfall) + ambo ( = big or high). From the top of the falls I recorded a compass reading of 63° to the town of Midongy du Sud, visible in the distanc
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