Hormonotus
| Hormonotus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Boodontinae |
| Genus: | Hormonotus Hallowell, 1857 |
| Species: | H. modestus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hormonotus modestus (Duméril, Bibron, and Auguste Duméril, 1854) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Lamprophis modestus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 | |
Hormonotus is a genus of colubrid snakes. At present, this genus is monotypic, as there is only one commonly accepted species in it, Hormonotus modestus, commonly known as the Uganda house snake or yellow forest snake. It is widespread in tropical Africa.[1] Its sister taxon is Inyoka swazicus, the Swazi rock snake.[2]
References
- ↑ Hormonotus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ Kelly, Christopher M.R.; Branch, William R.; Broadley, Donald G.; Barker, Nigel P.; Villet, Martin H. (2011). "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". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58 (3): 415–426. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.010. PMID 21095234.