Boaedon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Boaedon
Species (23): B. angolensis – B. bedriagae – B. bocagei – B. branchi – B. capensis – B. fradei – B. fuliginosus – B. geometricus – B. lineatus – B. littoralis – B. longilineatus – B. maculatus – B. mendesi – B. mentalis – B. montanus – B. olivaceus – B. paralineatus – B. perisilvestris – B. radfordi – B. subflavus – B. upembae – B. variegatus – B. virgatus

Name

Boaedon Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 357

Type species: Boaedon lineatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854, by subsequent designation.

References

Primary references

Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Premiére partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Librarie encyclopédique de Roret: Paris, France. i-xvi + 1–780 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Kelly, C.M.R., Branch, W.R., Broadley, D.G., Barker, N.P. & Villet, M.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 Reference page.
Greenbaum, E., Portillo, F., Jackson, K. & Kusamba, C. 2015. A phylogeny of Central African Boaedon (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), with the description of a new cryptic species from the Albertine Rift. African Journal of Herpetology 64(1): 18–38. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2014.996189 Reference page.
Trape, J.-F. & Mediannikov, O. 2016. Cinq serpents nouveaux du genre Boaedon Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Serpentes : Lamprophiidae) en Afrique centrale. Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 159: 61–111. Reference page.
Hallermann, J., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Schmitz, A., Ernst, R., Conradie, W., Verburgt, L., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. A review of the Angolan House snakes, genus Boaedon Duméril, Bibron and Duméril (1854) (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), with description of three new species in the Boaedon fuliginosus (Boie, 1827) species complex. African Journal of Herpetology 69(1): 29–78. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2020.1777470 Reference page.
Ceríaco, L.M.P., Arellano, A.L., Jadin, R.C., Marques, M.P., Parrinha, D. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Taxonomic revision of the Jita snakes (Lamprophiidae: Boaedon) from São Tomé and Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea), with the description of a new species. African Journal of Herpetology 70(1): 1–31. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2020.1832152 Reference page.
Trape, J.-F., Mediannikov, O., Hinkel, H. & Hinkel, H. 2022. Un serpent nouveau du genre Boaedon Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Squamata : Lamprophiidae) dans la région des Grands Lacs africains. Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 181: 1–12. PDF Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Boaedon . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: African House Snakes