Langaha is a small genus of elapoid snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The genus contains three species, all of which are endemic to Madagascar.
| Langaha | |
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| Langaha madagascariensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pseudoxyrhophiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudoxyrhophiinae |
| Genus: | Langaha Bonnaterre, 1790 |
| Type species | |
| Langaha madagascariensis | |
| Species | |
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Three recognized species. | |
Species edit
There are three described species in the genus Langaha:[1]
- Langaha alluaudi Mocquard, 1901 – southern leafnose snake
- Langaha madagascariensis Bonnaterre, 1790 – Madagascar leafnose snake
- Langaha pseudoalluaudi Domergue, 1988
Etymology edit
The specific name, alluaudi, is in honor of French entomologist Charles Alluaud.[2]
Taxonomy edit
The taxonomy of Langaha alluaudi and L. pseudoalluaudi is in need of revision.[3]
References edit
- ^ Langaha at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 June 2013.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Langaha alluaudi, p. 6).
- ^ Raselimanana, A.; Raxworthy, C.J.; Vences, M. (2011). "Langaha pseudoalluaudi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172815A6923296. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172815A6923296.en. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
Further reading edit
- Bonnaterre [PJ] (1790). Tableau encyclopédique et methodique des trois Règnes de la Nature, Ophiologie. Paris: Panckoucke. xliv + 33–76. (Langaha, new genus, p. 71). (in French and Latin).
- Glaw F, Vences M (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag / Serpents Tale. 480 pp. ISBN 978-3929449013.
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