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Boodontinae
Boodontinae is a subfamily of colubrid snakes. Genera It contains 22 genera. *'' Boaedon'' *'' Bothrolycus'' *'' Bothrophthalmus'' *'' Buhoma'' *'' Chamaelycus'' *''Dendrolycus'' *'' Dipsina'' *'' Dromophis'' *'' Duberria'' *'' Gonionotophis'' *'' Grayia'' *'' Hormonotus'' *''Lamprophis'' *'' Lycodonomorphus'' *'' Lycophidion'' *'' Macroprotodon'' *''Mehelya ''Mehelya'' is a genus name of colubrid snakes from Africa. Some species formerly assigned to the genus ''Mehelya'' are now found in the genera '' Gonionotophis'', '' Gracililima'', or '' Limaformosa''. They are collectively called file snakes ...'' *'' Montaspis'' *'' Pseudaspis'' *'' Pseudoboodon'' *'' Pythonodipsas'' *'' Scaphiophis'' References Colubrids Tetrapod subfamilies {{colubrid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colubridae
Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica. Description While most colubrids are not venomous (or have venom that is not known to be harmful to humans) and are mostly harmless, a few groups, such as genus ''Boiga'', can produce medically significant injuries. In addition, the boomslang, the twig snakes, and the Asian genus ''Rhabdophis'' have caused human fatalities. Some colubrids are described as opisthoglyphous (often called "rear-fanged"), meaning they have elongated, grooved teeth located in the back of their upper jaws. It is likely that opisthoglyphous dentition evolved many times in the history of snakes and is an evolutionary precursor to the fangs of vipers and elapids, which are located in the front of the mouth. Classification In the pas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamprophis Aurora
The Aurora house snake, Aurora snake, or night snake (''Lamprophis aurora'') is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. It is endemic to Southern Africa (South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Botswana). Distribution This species is widespread in South Africa (present all provinces but is absent from most of the Northern Cape) and also occurs in Lesotho and Eswatini. It is also recorded from eastern Botswana, although this might represent a translocation. Description The snake can achieve a maximum length of 90 cm, but averages 45–60 cm. Colour varies from shiny olive green to dull dark green above. A bright yellow to orange vertebral stripe runs from the top of the head to the tip of the tail. Habitat and ecology This species occurs in grassland, fynbos, and moist savanna habitats at elevations up to above sea level. They are often found near streams and under rocks, and may occur in old termitaria Termites are small insects that live in colonies and ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grayia (snake)
''Grayia'' is a genus of snakes, commonly referred to as African water snakes, in the family Colubridae. The genus, which is native to tropical Africa, is the only genus in the colubrid subfamily Grayiinae. ''Grayia'' species are relatively poorly known snakes, at least to herpetologists. Although they are locally abundant, they are notoriously difficult to catch, and occur in areas where field work is difficult. They inhabit seasonal rainforest swamps, streams, and permanent water bodies, eat fish and frogs, and lay eggs in the leaf litter among humid enclosures formed by buttress roots during the dry season. They are unusual in that they deposit their clutch in small batches of three or four eggs at different times at more than one nest site, rather than laying all the eggs at once, a strategy used by some turtles to avoid nest predation, but otherwise undocumented in snakes. At least one species, ''G. ornata'', is used for food and in medicine by people in Gabon, and eviden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scaphiophis
''Scaphiophis'' is a genus of African snakes in the family Colubridae. Common names include hook-nosed snakes and shovel-nosed snakes. Species Two species are recognized as being valid.. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Scaphiophis albopunctatus'' *'' Scaphiophis raffreyi'' Etymology The specific name, ''raffreyi'', is in honor of French scientific collector Achille Raffray Achille Marie Jacques Raffray (17 October 1844 – 25 September 1923) was a French diplomat, traveller, zoologist and entomologist. He wrote: (Partial list) - Entomology: * (1890) Étude sur le Psélaphides. V. Tableaux synoptiques. Notes et s ....Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Scaphiophis raffreyi'', pp. 215-216). References Further reading * Boulenger GA (1894). ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pythonodipsas
The western keeled snake (''Pythonodipsas carinata'') is a species of snake in the family Pseudaspididae. It is native to western Namibia, southwestern Angola, and southwestern Zambia, and is the only member of the genus ''Pythonodipsas''. Taxonomy ''P. carinata'' is most closely related to '' Pseudaspis cana''. Together these two monotypic genera make up the subfamily Pseudaspidinae of the family Lamprophiidae. ''Pythonodipsas'' closely resembles the colubrine genus '' Spalerosophis'', although the two are not closely related. Description ''P. carinata'' is unusual in possessing greatly fragmented head shields, a peculiar maxillary dentition (3rd to 6th largest, posterior-most tooth large and grooved), a reduced number of palatine teeth (including a greatly enlarged "fang"), and hypapophyses developed throughout the vertebral column. It was once thought to be a possible evolutionary intermediate between vipers The Viperidae (vipers) are a family of snakes found in m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudoboodon
''Pseudoboodon'' is a genus of snakes in the family Lamprophiidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.. Species Five species are recognized as being valid. *'' Pseudoboodon abyssinicus'' Mocquard, 1906 - Abyssinian house snake *'' Pseudoboodon boehmei'' Rasmussen & Malcolm John Largen, Largen, 1992 *'' Pseudoboodon gascae'' Peracca, 1897 *'' Pseudoboodon lemniscatus'' ( A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) *'' Pseudoboodon sandfordorum'' Spawls, 2004 ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Pseudoboodon''. References Further reading * Peracca MG (1897). "''Intorno ad alcuni Ofidii raccolti a Maldi (Eritrea) dal capitano A. Gasca'' ". ''Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Rgia ''Gia'' is a 1998 American biographical drama television film about the life and times of one of the first supermodels, Gia Carangi. The film stars Angelina Jolie as Gia and Fay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudaspis
The mole snake (''Pseudaspis cana'') is a species of snake. It has been placed in the family Lamprophiidae, and more recently in the family Pseudaspididae, along with the genus ''Pythonodipsas''. It is native to much of southern Africa, and is the only member of the genus ''Pseudaspis''. A study showed that ''P. cana'' is caught and consumed by the honey badger, among other species. Remains of the mole snake were found in the faeces, and suggest the consumed individuals were larger specimens. Taxonomy ''P. cana'' was originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. Its original binomial name was ''Coluber cana''. Since then, it has also been called ''Coronella cana'' by André Marie Constant Duméril, Gabriel Bibron and Auguste Duméril in 1854, before being reclassified as ''Pseudaspis cana'' by Edward Drinker Cope in 1864. ''P. cana'' is the only species in genus ''Pseudaspis''. The genus has been placed in the family Lampro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montaspis
The cream-spotted mountain snake (''Montaspis gilvomaculata'') is a snake in the family Lamprophiidae . It is found in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the .... References {{Taxonbar, from1=Q14176638, from2=Q3322450 Lamprophiidae Reptiles of Africa Reptiles described in 1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehelya
''Mehelya'' is a genus name of colubrid snakes from Africa. Some species formerly assigned to the genus ''Mehelya'' are now found in the genera '' Gonionotophis'', '' Gracililima'', or '' Limaformosa''. They are collectively called file snakes due to their unusual scalation. They are not venomous. Etymology The generic name, ''Mehelya'', is in honor of Hungarian zoologist Lajos Méhelÿ. Species There are five species within the genus ''Mehelya''. www.reptile-database.org. *''Mehelya egbensis'' – Dunger's file snake *''Mehelya gabouensis'' – Gabou file snake *''Mehelya laurenti'' – file snake *''Mehelya poensis'' – forest file snake, western forest file snake *''Mehelya stenopthalmus'' – small-eyed file snake ''Nota bene'': A binomial authoity in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Mehelya''. Geographic range File snakes are found throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, from the Cape of South Africa throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macroprotodon
''Macroprotodon'' is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. All of the member species of the genus are commonly known as false smooth snakes. Taxonomy The genus ''Macroprotodon'' was originally described by French zoologist Alphone Guichenot in 1850. The genus is in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. Species ''Macroprotodon'' contains four species. *'' M. abubakeri'' *'' M. brevis'' – western false smooth snake *'' M. cucullatus'' – false smooth snake *'' M. mauritanicus'' Some authorities have considered some of these species to be subspecies of the other species. Busack SD, McCoy CJ (1990). "Distribution, variation, and biology of ''Macroprotodon cucullatus'' (Reptilia: Colubridae: Boiginae)". ''Ann. Carnegie Mus.'' 59 (4): 261-286. ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycophidion
''Lycophidion'' is a genus of nonvenomous lamprophiid snakes commonly referred to as the wolf snakes. there are 23 recognized species in the genus. Description and behavior Wolf snakes are small snakes which forage at night for sleeping lizards. They have flat heads and large recurved teeth that are assumed to aid them in their extraction of lizards from their lairs. Reproduction All species in the genus ''Lycophidion'' are oviparous and lay between 3 and 10 eggs. Species The following species are recognized as being valid. *'' Lycophidion acutirostre'' *'' Lycophidion albomaculatum'' *'' Lycophidion capense'' *'' Lycophidion chirioi'' *'' Lycophidion depressirostre'' *'' Lycophidion helmichi'' *'' Lycophidion irroratum'' *'' Lycophidion jacksoni'' — western Jackson's wolf snake *'' Lycophidion laterale'' *'' Lycophidion meleagre'' *'' Lycophidion multimaculatum'' *'' Lycophidion namibianum'' *'' Lycophidion nanum'' *'' Lycophidion nigromaculatum'' *'' Lycoph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycodonomorphus
''Lycodonomorphus'' is a genus of snakes commonly referred to as African water snakes. They are small, nonvenomous snakes, with all members being endemic to Africa, especially Tanzania. Species The following nine species are recognized as being valid. *'' Lycodonomorphus bicolor'' — Tanganyika white-bellied water snake *'' Lycodonomorphus inornatus'' — Olive house snake, Olive ground snake *'' Lycodonomorphus laevissimus'' — Dusky-bellied water snake *'' Lycodonomorphus leleupi'' — Congo dark-bellied water snake, Mulanje water snake *'' Lycodonomorphus mlanjensis'' — Mlanje white-bellied water snake *'' Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris'' — Floodplain water snake *'' Lycodonomorphus rufulus'' — Common brown water snake *'' Lycodonomorphus subtaeniatus'' — Eastern Congo white-bellied water snake, Lined water snake *'' Lycodonomorphus whytii'' — Whyte's water snake ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
