Langaha

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis: Sarcopterygii
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Lamprophiinae
Genus: Langaha
Species: L. alluaudi – L. madagascariensis – L. pseudoalluaudi
Name

Langaha

Female Langaha madagascariensis.

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

Male Langaha madagascariensis.

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 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).

Raselimanana A, Raxworthy CJ, 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 27 December 2017.