Bofa erlangeri

Bofa erlangeri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Lamprophiidae
Genus:	Bofa Tiutenko, Koch, Pabijan & Zinenko, 2022
Species:	B. erlangeri
Binomial name
Bofa erlangeri (Sternfeld, 1908)
Synonyms [2]
Boodon erlangeri Sternfeld, 1908 Boaedon erlangeri — Meirte, 1982 Lamprophis erlangeri — Nečas, 1997 Boaedon erlangeri — Wallach et al., 2014 Bofa erlangeri — Tiutenko et al., 2022

Bofa erlangeri, also known commonly as the Ethiopian house snake, is a species of snake in the family Lamprophiidae. The species is endemic to Ethiopia. ^[2]

Taxonomy

B. erlangeri is the only species in the genus Bofa. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, erlangeri, is in honor of German ornithologist Carlo von Erlanger, who was one of the collectors of the holotype. ^{[3] [4]}

Geographic range

B. erlangeri is found in the central plateau of Ethiopia. ^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of B. erlangeri are forest and grassland, at altitudes of 800–2,800 m (2,600–9,200 ft), and it has also been found in farmland. ^[1]

Description

B. erlangeri may attain a total length (including tail) of 1.2 m (3.9 ft). ^[1]

Diet

B. erlangeri preys upon rodents. ^[1]

Reproduction

B. erlangeri is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Spawls, S. (2021). "Lamprophis erlangeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T21583934A21583945. IUCN. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T21583934A21583945.en .
2. Bofa erlangeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 10 August 2019.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lamprophis erlangeri, p. 85).
4. Sternfeld R (1908).

Further reading

• Largen MJ, Spawls S (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. ISBN   978-3899734669. (Lamprophis erlangeri, p. 467).
• Nečas P (1997). "Five endemic montane snakes from Ethiopia". Reptile & Amphibian Magazine49: 58–65. (Lamprophis erlangeri, new combination).
• Sternfeld R (1908). "Neue und ungenügend bekannte afrikanische Schlangen ". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin4: 92–95. (Boodon erlangeri, new species, p. 92). (in German).
• Tiutenko A, Koch C, Pabijan M, Zinenko O (2022). "Generic affinities of African house snakes revised: a new genus for Boodon erlangeri (Serpentes: Elapoidea: Lamprophiidae: Lamprophiinae)". Salamandra58 (4): 235–262. (Bofa, new genus, p. 240; Bofa erlangeri, new combination, p. 241).
• Wallach V, Williams KL, Boundy J (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, London, New York: CRC Press, an Imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group. 1,237 pp. ISBN   978-1482208474. (Boaedon erlangeri, p. 95).