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The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ”alluaudi”, is in honor of French entomologist [[Charles A. Alluaud|Charles Alluaud]].<ref>[[Richard Allen “Bo” Crombet-Beolens|Beolens B]], [[Michael Watkins (zoologist)|Watkins M]], [[Michael Grayson|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).</ref> |
The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ”alluaudi”, is in honor of French entomologist [[Charles A. Alluaud|Charles Alluaud]].<ref>[[Richard Allen “Bo” Crombet-Beolens|Beolens B]], [[Michael Watkins (zoologist)|Watkins M]], [[Michael Grayson|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).</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:33, 16 December 2025
Genus of snakes
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]
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
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.
