. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. 374 Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology, Vol. 154, No. 5. Figure 2. Liopholidophis rhadinaea. head of MCZ 180395 (holotype). Approximately x5. adult male, 15 November 1990; MCZ 180393 (JEC 11180), adult female, fluid + cleared and stained skull, 17 December 1991; MCZ 180394 (JEC 11223), adult male, 18 December 1991; MCZ 180396 (JEC 11564), adult male, 2 January 1992; MCZ 180397 (JEC 11575), adult female, 3 January 1992; MCZ 180398 (JEC 11576), hatchling female, 3 January 1992; MCZ 180399 (JEC 11891), adult female,
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. 374 Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology, Vol. 154, No. 5. Figure 2. Liopholidophis rhadinaea. head of MCZ 180395 (holotype). Approximately x5. adult male, 15 November 1990; MCZ 180393 (JEC 11180), adult female, fluid + cleared and stained skull, 17 December 1991; MCZ 180394 (JEC 11223), adult male, 18 December 1991; MCZ 180396 (JEC 11564), adult male, 2 January 1992; MCZ 180397 (JEC 11575), adult female, 3 January 1992; MCZ 180398 (JEC 11576), hatchling female, 3 January 1992; MCZ 180399 (JEC 11891), adult female, 11 De- cember 1992; MCZ 180400 (JEC 12344), adult female, 1 January 1993; MCZ 180401 (JEC 12385), adult female, 5 Jan- uary 1993; MCZ 180402 (JEC 12388), adult male, 5 January 1993. MNHN 1988-333 (field number 717/ S), collected 14 January 1966 by M[ichel] Vincke^ "north of Bevatraka, and 22 km north of the terminus of the Perinet for- estry railroad" [Toamasina Province, Fi- vondronana Moramanga] (data translated from field tag attached to specimen). Per- inet (=Andasibe) is at about 900 m on the eastern escarpment [18°56'S, 48°25'E]. This specimen was discussed as Liophidium sp. by Domergue (1988:144, specimen 2), who gave the identical locality except that the initial phrase was reported as "foret de ; I have been unable to locate either Bevotaka or Bevatraka in gazetteers or on maps, although Perinet itself is well ^ Listed as "M. Vincke" on the field tag, this is assumed to be the Michel Vincke who collected the type of Geodipsas vinckei, as reported by Domergue (1988:140). known. Domergue (1988) erroneously re- ported the midbody dorsal scale count for this specimen as 15, rather than the 17 that it has. Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Talatakely, within the RNP (21°16'S, 47°25'E), and from near "Beva- traka," 22 km N of Perinet (=Andasibe; 18°56'S, 48°25'E) (Fig. 3). The known ele- vational range is
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