Langaha

Langaha
Langaha madagascariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamily:	Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus:	Langaha Bonnaterre, 1790
Type species
Langaha madagascariensis
Species
Three recognized species. See text.

Langaha is a small genus of elapoid snakes in the family Pseudoxyrhophiidae. The genus contains three species, all of which are endemic to Madagascar.They are non-venomous.

Species

These species are non-venomous. 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 L. alluaudi and L. pseudoalluaudi is in need of revision, as some records of pseudoalluaudi are now thought to represent alluaudi. ^[3]

References

1. Langaha at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 2 June 2013.
2. 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).
3. 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

• 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.