Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Lamprophiidae Bibliography of the genus Hypoptophis Biodiversity of the family Lamprophiidae Genus Hypoptophis Wedge-snouted Burrowing Snake Keilschnauzen-Wühlnatter Skovlsnudet Gravesnog 1908 Hypoptophis Boulenger (type species: Hypoptophis wilsoni Boulenger 1908) 1911 Michellia Müller (type species: Michellia katangae Müller 1911) Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: As for the single species. Hypoptophis wilsoni Wedge-snouted Burrowing Snake Keilschnauzen-Wühlnatter Skovlsnudet Gravesnog 1908 Hypoptophis wilsoni Boulenger 1911 Michellia katangae Müller Hypoptophis wilsoni katangae Witte & Laurent 1947 Distribution: Angola, Congo-Kinshasa, Zambia.