Langaha

Langaha is a small genus of colubrid snakes in the subfamily Pseudoxyrhophiinae. The genus contains three species, all of which are endemic to Madagascar.

Langaha
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.
See text.

Species

There are three described species in the genus Langaha:[1]

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