Gonionotophis
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| Gonionotophis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Subclass: | Diapsida |
| Infraclass: | Lepidosauromorpha |
| Superorder: | Lepidosauria |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Boodontinae |
| Genus: | Gonionotophis |
Gonionotophis is a genus of colubrid snakes also known as the African Ground Snakes & File Snakes. As of November 2010, there are 15 recognized species in the genus:[1]
- Mocquard's African Ground Snake, Gonionotophis brussauxi (Mocquard, 1889.)
- Cape File Snake, Gonionotophis capensis (A. Smith 1847.)
- Crosse's File Snake, Gonionotophis crossi (Boulenger, 1895)
- Dunger's File Snake, Gonionotophis egbensis (Dunger, 1966.)
- Gabou File Snake, Gonionotophis gabouensis (Trape & Mané, 2005.)
- Gonionotophis grantii (Günther, 1863.)
- Mocquard's File Snake, Gonionotophis guirali (Mocquard, 1887.)
- Matschie's African Ground Snake, Gonionotophis klingi (Matschie, 1893.)
- Gonionotophis laurenti (De Witte, 1959.)
- Nyassa File Snake, Gonionotophis Nyassae (Günther, 1888.)
- Forest File Snake, Gonionotophis poensis (A. Smith, 1847.)
- Gonionotophis savorgnani (Mocquard, 1887.)
- Small-Eyed File Snake, Gonionotophis stenopthalmus (Mocquard, 1887.)
- Gonionotophis unicolor (Boulenger, 1910.)
- Angolan File Snake, Gonionotophis vernayi (Bogert, 1940.)
Notes
- ↑ Kelly, C.M.R., et al. 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. (2010), doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.010
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