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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 Alopecion
Biodiversity of the family Lamprophiidae








Genus
Alopecion

Spotted House Snake

Gefleckte Hausschlange

Plettet Hussnog

1854 Alopecion Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril (type species: Alopecion annulifer Dumeril & Bibron 1854)
Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: The single species of this genus was previously assigned to Boaedon.
Distribution: As for the single species.

Alopecion guttatum

Spotted House Snake, Spotted Rock Snake

Gefleckte Hausschlange

Plettet Hussnog

1843 Lycodon guttatus Smith
Boodon guttatus Boulenger 1893
Boaedon guttatus Loveridge 1936
Lamprophis guttatus Broadley 1983
Alopecion guttatum Tiutenko, Koch, Pabijan & Zinenko 2022
1854 Alopecion annulifer Duméril & Bibron (Broadley 1983)

Distribution: Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa (Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, Western Cape).