Leioheterodon geayi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Pseudoxyrhophiidae |
Genus: | Leioheterodon |
Species: | L. geayi
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Binomial name | |
Leioheterodon geayi Mocquard, 1905
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Synonyms[2] | |
Leioheterodon geayi, commonly known as Geay's hognose snake, the Madagascan speckled hognose snake, and the speckled hognose snake, is a species of mildly venomous snake in the family Lamprophiidae. The species is native to southwestern Madagascar.
The specific name, geayi, is in honor of French naturalist Martin François Geay (1859-1910) who collected the type specimen.[3]
The preferred natural habitats of L. geayi are forest, savanna, and sandy areas, but it has also been found in pastures and villages.[1]
L. geayi can grow to a total length (including tail) of 90–140 cm (35–55 in).[citation needed]
It is an opisthoglyphous ("rear-fanged") snake, having a pair of enlarged teeth at the rear of each maxilla (upper jaw).[4]
L. geayi is terrestrial and diurnal.[1]