Gonionotophis

Gonionotophis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Lamprophiidae
Genus:Gonionotophis
Boulenger, 1893[1]
Synonyms[2]

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

  1. ↑ "Gonionotophis ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de
  2. 1 2 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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