Buhoma

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Buhoma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Superfamily: Elapoidea
Genus: Buhoma
Ziegler  [ fr; de ], Vences, Glaw, & Böhme  [ fr; de ], 1997 [1]

Buhoma is a genus of snakes in the superfamily Elapoidea. The genus is endemic to Africa. [2]

It was formerly classified in the family Lamprophiidae, but following the split of that family, the taxonomic placement of Buhoma remains uncertain. [3]

Species

Three species are recognized as being valid. [2]

Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Buhoma.

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References

  1. Ziegler, Thomas [in French]; Vences, Miguel; Glaw, Frank; Bohme, Wolfgang [in German] (1997). "Genital morphology and systematics of Geodipsas Boulenger, 1896 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new genus". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 104: 95–114. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.79992 . ISSN   0035-418X. (Buhoma, new genus, p. 108)).
  2. 1 2 Genus Buhoma at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. "Search results | The Reptile Database". reptile-database.reptarium.cz. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  4. Werner, Franz (1897). "Ueber Reptilien und Batrachier aus Togoland, Kamerun und Tunis aus dem kgl. Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin ". Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlich zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien47: 395–407. (Tropidonotus depressiceps, new species, p. 402). (in German).
  5. Werner, Franz (1899). "Ueber Reptilien und Batrachier aus Togoland, Kamerun und Deutsch-Neu-Guinea grösstentheils aus dem k. Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 49: 132–157. (in German).
  6. Loveridge, Arthur (1922). "New reptiles from Tanganyika Territory". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 1922 (2): 313–315. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1922.tb02143.x. (Geodipsas procterae, new species, p. 313).
  7. Tornier, Gustav (1902). "Herpetologisch Neues aus Ost-Afrika". Zoologischer Anzeiger . 25: 700–704. (Geodipsas vauerocegae, new species, p. 703). (in German).