Leioheterodon geayi

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Leioheterodon geayi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Genus: Leioheterodon
Species:
L. geayi
Binomial name
Leioheterodon geayi
Mocquard, 1905
Synonyms [2]
  • Lioheterodon [sic] geayiMocquard, 1905
  • Lioheterodon voeltzkowi Boettger, 1913
  • Leioheterodon geayi
    Glaw & Vences, 1994

Leioheterodon geayi, commonly known as Geay's hognose snake, the Madagascan speckled hognose snake, and the speckled hognose snake, is a species of mildly venomous snake in the family Lamprophiidae. The species is native to southwestern Madagascar.

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Etymology

The specific name, geayi, is in honor of French naturalist Martin François Geay (1859-1910) who collected the type specimen. [3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. geayi are forest, savanna, and sandy areas, but it has also been found in pastures and villages. [1]

Description

L. geayi can grow to a total length (including tail) of 90–140 cm (35–55 in).[ citation needed ]

It is an opisthoglyphous ("rear-fanged") snake, having a pair of enlarged teeth at the rear of each maxilla (upper jaw). [4]

Behavior

L. geayi is terrestrial and diurnal. [1]

Reproduction

L. geayi is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Ramanamanjato J-B, Randriamahazo H, Rakotondravony H (2011). "Leioheterodon geayi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.172917A6941441.en. Accessed on 14 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 Species Leioheterodon geayi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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. (Leioheterodon geayi, p. 99).
  4. Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Genus Lioheterodon [sic], pp. 268-269).

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