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Langaha madagascariensis BONATERRE, 1790

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Higher TaxaPseudoxyrhophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLangaha madagascariensis BONATERRE 1790: 71
Langaha madagascariensis — DAUDIN 1803: 240
Langaha nasuta SHAW 1802
Langaya nasuta — SHAW & NODDER 1811: plate 968
Langaha crista-galli DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 806
Langaha ensifera DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 803
Langaha cristagalli — MÜLLER 1880: 123
Langaha intermedia BOULENGER 1888: 105
Langaha nasuta — BOULENGER 1896: 36
Langaha madagascariensis — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 340
Langaha nasuta — MATTISON 2007: 64
Langaha madagascariensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 361 
DistributionMadagascar, Nossi Be = Nosy Bé

Type locality: “Madagascar”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1946.1.5.19 (and possibly additional specimens). 
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CommentMildly venomous (D’Cruze 2008).

Type species: Langaha madagascariensis BONATERRE 1790: 71 is the type species of the genus Langaha BONATERRE 1790.

Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
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