Gonionotophis
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Gonionotophis is a genus of colubrid snakes also known as African ground snakes and file snakes.
Species
As of November 2010, there are 15 recognized species in the genus:[2]
- Gonionotophis brussauxi (Mocquard, 1889) – Mocquard's African ground snake
- Gonionotophis capensis (A. Smith, 1847) – Cape file snake
- Gonionotophis crossi (Boulenger, 1895) – Crosse's file snake
- Gonionotophis egbensis (Dunger, 1966) – Dunger's file snake
- Gonionotophis gabouensis (Trape & Mané, 2005) – Gabou file snake
- Gonionotophis grantii (Günther, 1863)
- Gonionotophis guirali (Mocquard, 1887) – Mocquard's file snake
- Gonionotophis klingi Matschie, 1893 – Matschie's African ground snake
- Gonionotophis laurenti (de Witte, 1959.)
- Gonionotophis nyassae (Günther, 1888) – Nyassa file snake
- Gonionotophis poensis (A. Smith, 1847) – forest file snake
- Gonionotophis savorgnani (Mocquard, 1887)
- Gonionotophis stenopthalmus (Mocquard, 1887) – small-eyed file snake
- Gonionotophis unicolor (Boulenger, 1910)
- Gonionotophis vernayi (Bogert, 1940) – Angolan file snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Gonionotophis.
Notes
- ^ Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de
- ^ a b Kelly CMR et al. 2010. Molecular systematics of the African snake family Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843 (Serpentes: Elapoidea), with particular focus on the genera Lamprophis Fitzinger 1843 and Mehelya Csiki 1903. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 58 (3): 415-426.doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.010
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Gonionotophis, new genus, p. 323).
- Branch, Bill. 2004. Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Mehelya, p. 78).
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