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{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
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| name = ''Leioheterodon''
| image = Malagasy Giant Hognose Snake.jpg
| image_caption = Giant Malagasy hognose snake<br />''[[Leioheterodon madagascariensis|L.&nbsp;madagascariensis]]''
| taxon = Leioheterodon
| authority = [[André Marie Constant Duméril|Duméril]] & [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]], 1844
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'''''Leioheterodon''''' is a [[genus]] of harmless [[Pseudoxyrhophiidae|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 ==
* Speckled Hognosehognose Snakesnake, ''[[Leioheterodon geayi]]'' ([[François Mocquard|Mocquard]], 1905)
* Malagasy Giantgiant Hognosehognose Snakesnake, ''[[Leioheterodon madagascariensis]]'' ([[André Marie Constant Duméril|Duméril]] & [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]], 1854)
* Blonde Hognosehognose Snakesnake, ''[[Leioheterodon modestus]]'' ([[Albert C. L. G. Günther|Günther]], 1863)
 
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[[Category:Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron]]
 
 
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