Inyoka
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| Inyoka | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Boodontinae |
| Genus: | Inyoka |
| Species | |
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1 recognized species, Inyoka Swazicus. | |
Inyoka is a genus of African colubrids containing one species, Inyoka swazicus, the Swazi Rock Snake. The word is Nguni for 'Snake'. Swazi Rock Snakes were previously grouped in the genus Lamprophis but were found to be closer related to Hormonotus Species, a 1900 km gap between their geographic ranges meant a new genus was erected for the Swazi Rock Snake.[1]
Species
- Swaziland Rock Snake, Inyoka swazicus (Schafer, 1970), near threatened (LR/nt)
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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