Buhoma is a genus of snakes in the superfamily Elapoidea. The genus is endemic to Africa.[2]
Buhoma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Superfamily: | Elapoidea |
Genus: | Buhoma Ziegler , Vences, Glaw, & Böhme , 1997[1] |
It was formerly classified in the family Lamprophiidae, but following the split of that family, the taxonomic placement of Buhoma remains uncertain.[3]
Species
editThree species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Buhoma depressiceps (F. Werner, 1897)[4][5] – pale-headed forest snake
- Buhoma procterae (Loveridge, 1922)[6] – Uluguru forest snake
- Buhoma vauerocegae (Tornier, 1902)[7] – Usambara forest snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Buhoma.
References
edit- ^ Ziegler, Thomas [in French]; Vences, Miguel; Glaw, Frank; Bohme, Wolfgang [in German] (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. (Buhoma, new genus, p. 108)).
- ^ a b Genus Buhoma at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Search results | The Reptile Database". reptile-database.reptarium.cz. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ Werner, Franz (1897). "Ueber Reptilien und Batrachier aus Togoland, Kamerun und Tunis aus dem kgl. Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin ". Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlich zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 47: 395–407. (Tropidonotus depressiceps, new species, p. 402). (in German).
- ^ 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. (in German).
- ^ Loveridge, Arthur (1922). "New reptiles from Tanganyika Territory". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1922 (2): 313–315. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1922.tb02143.x. (Geodipsas procterae, new species, p. 313).
- ^ Tornier, Gustav (1902). "Herpetologisch Neues aus Ost-Afrika". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 25: 700–704. (Geodipsas vauerocegae, new species, p. 703). (in German).
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