Gonionotophis
Encyclopedia
Gonionotophis is a genus
of colubrid
snake
s also known as the African Ground Snakes & File Snakes. As of November 2010, there are 15 recognized species
in the genus:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of colubrid
Colubrid
A colubrid is a member of the snake family Colubridae. This broad classification of snakes includes about two-thirds of all snake species on earth. The earliest species of the snake family date back to the Oligocene epoch. With 304 genera and 1,938 species, Colubridae is the largest snake family...
snake
Snake
Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...
s also known as the African Ground Snakes & File Snakes. As of November 2010, there are 15 recognized species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
in the genus:
- Mocquard's African Ground Snake, Gonionotophis brussauxi (Mocquard, 1889.)
- Cape File Snake, Gonionotophis capensis (A. Smith 1847.)
- Crosse's File Snake, Gonionotophis crossi (BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1895) - Dunger's File Snake, Gonionotophis egbensis (Dunger, 1966.)
- Gabou File Snake, Gonionotophis gabouensis (Trape & Mané, 2005.)
- Gonionotophis grantii (GüntherAlbert C. L. G. GüntherAlbert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther FRS, also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther , was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist....
, 1863.) - Mocquard's File Snake, Gonionotophis guirali (Mocquard, 1887.)
- Matschie's African Ground Snake, Gonionotophis klingi (Matschie, 1893.)
- Gonionotophis laurenti (De Witte, 1959.)
- Nyassa File Snake, Gonionotophis Nyassae (GüntherAlbert C. L. G. GüntherAlbert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther FRS, also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther , was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist....
, 1888.) - Forest File Snake, Gonionotophis poensis (A. Smith, 1847.)
- Gonionotophis savorgnani (Mocquard, 1887.)
- Small-Eyed File Snake, Gonionotophis stenopthalmus (Mocquard, 1887.)
- Gonionotophis unicolor (BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1910.) - Angolan File Snake, Gonionotophis vernayi (Bogert, 1940.)