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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,''' [[#Commonand names|more]].'''Malagasy menarana snakes'''.
'''''Leioheterodon''''' is a [[genus]] of harmless [[lamprophiid]]s found only on the island of [[Madagascar]]. Three [[species]] are currently recognized.
 
==Common names==
Malagasy hognose snakes, Malagasy brown snakes, 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)
 
== References ==
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* {{EMBL genus|genus=Leioheterodon}}
 
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[[Category:Colubrids]]
 
[[Category:ColubridsPseudoxyrhophiidae]]
[[Category:Reptiles of Madagascar]]
[[Category:Snake genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron]]