Langaha

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.

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]

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
  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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