Biology:Buhoma

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Short description: Genus of snakes

Buhoma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Superfamily: Elapoidea
Genus: Buhoma

Buhoma is a genus of snakes in the superfamily Elapoidea. The genus is endemic to Africa.[1]

It was formerly classified in the family Lamprophiidae, but following the split of that family, the taxonomic placement of Buhoma remains uncertain.[2]

Species

Three species are recognized as being valid.[1]

  • Buhoma depressiceps (F. Werner, 1897)[3][4] – pale-headed forest snake
  • Buhoma procterae (Loveridge, 1922)[5] – Uluguru forest snake
  • Buhoma vauerocegae (Tornier, 1902)[6] – Usambara forest snake

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Genus Buhoma at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. "Search results | The Reptile Database". https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Buhoma&submit=Search. 
  3. 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 Wien 47: 395–407. (Tropidonotus depressiceps, new species, p. 402). (in German).
  4. 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. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13293874.  (in German).
  5. Loveridge, Arthur (1922). "New reptiles from Tanganyika Territory". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1922: 313–315. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32277631.  (Geodipsas procterae, new species, p. 313).
  6. Tornier, Gustav (1902). "Herpetologisch Neues aus Ost-Afrika". Zoologischer Anzeiger 25: 700–704. https://archive.org/details/zoologischeranze25deut/page/700/mode/2up.  (Geodipsas vauerocegae, new species, p. 703). (in German).


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