Buhoma
Buhoma is a genus of snakes in the family Lamprophiidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.[2]
| Buhoma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Lamprophiidae |
| Genus: | Buhoma Ziegler, Vences, Glaw, & Böhme, 1997[1] |
Species
Three species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Buhoma depressiceps (F. Werner, 1897)[3] – pale-headed forest snake
- Buhoma procterae (Loveridge, 1922)[4] – Uluguru forest snake
- Buhoma vauerocegae (Tornier, 1902)[5] – Usambara forest snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Buhoma.
References
- Ziegler, Thomas; Vences, Miguel; Glaw, Frank; Bohme, Wolfgang (1997). "Genital morphology and systematics of Geodipsas Boulenger, 1896 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new genus". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 104: 95–114. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.79992. ISSN 0035-418X.
- Genus Buhoma at The Reptile Database.
- Werner, Franz (1899). "Ueber Reptilien und Batrachier aus Togoland, Kamerun und Deutsch-Neu-Guinea grösstentheils aus dem k. Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 49: 132–157.
- Loveridge, Arthur (1922). "New reptiles from Tanganyika Territory". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1922: 313–315.
- Tornier, Gustav (1902). "Herpetologisch Neues aus Ostafrika". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 25: 700–704.
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