Langaha
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| Langaha | |
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| Langaha madagascariensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Lamprophiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudoxyrhophiinae |
| Genus: | Langaha Bonnaterre, 1790 |
| Type species | |
| Langaha madagascariensis | |
| Species | |
| Three recognized species. | |
Langaha is a small genus of colubrid snakes in the subfamily Pseudoxyrhophiinae. The genus contains three species, all of which are endemic to Madagascar.
Species
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
The specific name, alluaudi, is in honor of French entomologist Charles Alluaud.[2]
Taxonomy
The taxonomy of Langaha alluaudi and L. pseudoalluaudi is in need of revision.[3]
References
- ^ Langaha at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 June 2013.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (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". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T172815A6923296. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172815A6923296.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
Further reading
- 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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