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{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|taxon=Langaha
|image=Female Langaha madagascariensis.jpg
|image_caption = ''Langaha madagascariensis''
|authority= [[Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre|Bonnaterre]], 1790
|type_species=''[[Langaha madagascariensis]]''
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = Three recognized species. <br/>See text.
}}
'''''Langaha''''' is a small [[genus]] of [[Elapoidea|elapoid]] snakes in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Pseudoxyrhophiidae]]. The genus contains three [[species]], all of which are [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Madagascar]].They are non-venomous.
==Species==
These species are non-venomous.
There are three described species in the genus ''Langaha'':<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB genus|genus=Langaha|access-date=2 June 2013}}</ref>
*''[[Langaha alluaudi]]'' {{small|[[François Mocquard|Mocquard]], 1901}} – southern leafnose snake
*''[[Langaha madagascariensis]]'' {{small|[[Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre|Bonnaterre]], 1790}} – Madagascar leafnose snake
*''[[Langaha pseudoalluaudi]]'' {{small|[[Charles Domergue|Domergue]], 1988}}
==Etymology==
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>
==Taxonomy==
The taxonomy of ''Langaha alluaudi'' and ''L. pseudoalluaudi'' is in need of revision.<ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn|access-date=26 April 2023|author1=Raselimanana, A.|author2=Raxworthy, C.J.|author3=Vences, M.|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172815A6923296.en|page=e.T172815A6923296|title=''Langaha pseudoalluaudi''|volume=2011|year=2011}}</ref>
==References==
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==Further reading==
*[[Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre|Bonnaterre [PJ]]] (1790). ''Tableau encyclopédique et methodique des trois Règnes de la Nature, Ophiologie.'' Paris: Panckoucke. xliv + 33–76. (''Langaha'', new genus, p.&nbsp;71). (in French and Latin).
*[[Frank Glaw|Glaw F]], [[Miguel Vences|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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[[Category:Pseudoxyrhophiidae]]
[[Category:Reptiles of Madagascar]]
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