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Leioheterodon
Giant Malagasy hognose snake L. madagascariensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamily:	Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus:	Leioheterodon Duméril & Bibron, 1844

Leioheterodon is a genus of harmless pseudoxyrhophiid snakes found only on the island of Madagascar. Three species are currently recognized. Common names include Malagasy hognose snakes, Malagasy brown snakes and Malagasy menarana snakes.

Species

Image	Species	Common name
	Leioheterodon geayi (Mocquard, 1905)	Speckled hognose snake
	Leioheterodon madagascariensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1854)	Malagasy giant hognose snake
	Leioheterodon modestus (Günther, 1863)	Blonde hognose snake

References

• Genus Leioheterodon at The Reptile Database

Further reading

• Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2007). A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar 3rd edition. Köln: M. Vences & F. Glaw Verlags GbR. ISBN 978-3-929449-03-7.

External links

• Genus Leioheterodon at The Reptile Database

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• Pseudoxyrhophiidae
• Reptiles of Madagascar
• Snake genera
• Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril
• Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron
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