Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
August 22nd, 2022.
 
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Genus
Boaedon
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Afro-Arabian House Snakes
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Hausschlangen
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Afro-Arabiske Hussnoge
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1854 |  |
Boaedon Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril (type species: Lycodon unicolor Boie 1827) |
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1856 | |
Holuropholis Dumeril (type species: Holuropholis olivaceus Dumeril 1856) |
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1858 | |
Boodon Günther [emendation of Boaedon Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril 1854] |
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1885 | |
Catapherodon Rochebrune [substitute name for Boaedon Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril 1854] |
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1893 | |
Theleus Cope (type species: Coelopeltis virgata Hallowell 1854) |
Contents:
25 species, of which 8 (32.0%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of
Lamprophis (e.g., Broadley 1966; Williams & Wallach 1989).
Revalidated by Dowling (1969) and Kelly, Branch, Broadley, Barker & Villet (2011).
The latter authors provisionally retained four species (abyssinicus, erlangeri, geometricus, guttatus) in
Lamprophis,
but they are assigned to Boaedon herein, following Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014).
Distribution:
NW. and SubSaharan Africa, Arabian Peninsula.
Reported from:
Angola
(incl.
Cabinda),
Benin,
Botswana,
Burkina Faso,
Burundi,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Djibouti,
Equatorial Guinea
(Bioko,
Rio Muni),
Eritrea,
Eswatini,
Ethiopia,
Gabon,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau
(incl.
Bijagos Archipelago),
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Lesotho,
Liberia,
Malawi,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Mozambique,
Namibia,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Rwanda,
Sao Tome & Principe
(Principe,
Rolas Island,
Sao Tome),
Saudi Arabia,
Senegal,
Seychelles,
Sierra Leone,
Somalia,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province,
Northern Cape,
Western Cape),
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Tanzania
(incl.
Mafia,
Pemba,
Zanzibar),
Togo,
Uganda,
Western Sahara,
Yemen,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Boaedon abyssinicus
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Abyssinian House Snake, Ethiopian House Snake
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Abyssinische Hausschlange
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Abyssinsk Hussnog
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1906 | |
Lamprophis abyssinicus Mocquard |
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Boaedon abyssinicus Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 |
Distribution:
Ethiopia.
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Boaedon angolensis
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Angolan House Snake
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Angolische Hausschlange
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Angolansk Hussnog
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1895 | |
Boodon lineatus var. angolensis Bocage |
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Boaedon angolensis Marques, Ceríaco, Blackburn & Bauer 2018 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of lineatus (e.g., Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014).
Revalidated by Marques, Ceríaco, Blackburn & Bauer (2018) and Hallerman, Ceríaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer (2020).
Distribution:
Angola.
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Boaedon arabicus
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Arabian House Snake
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Arabische Hausschlange
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Arabisk Hussnog
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1930 | |
Boaedon arabicus Parker |
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Boaedon lineatus arabicus Parker 1941 |
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Lamprophis fuliginosus arabicus Gasperetti 1988 |
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by Hughes (1997), followed by Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014).
Records of fuliginosus from Saudi Arabia (e.g., Aloufi, Amr & Abu Baker 2022) are tentatively regarded as representing arabicus.
Distribution:
Saudi Arabia,
Yemen.
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Boaedon bedriagae
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Sao Tome House Snake
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Sao-Tome-Hausschlange
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Sao Tome-hussnog
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1905 | |
Boodon bedriagae Boulenger |
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Boaedon lineatus bedriagae Bogert 1940 |
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Boaedon fuliginosus bedriagae Roux-Estève & Guibé 1964 |
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Lamprophis fuliginosus bedriagae Schätti & Loumont 1992 |
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Boaedon bedriagae Ceríaco, Marques & Bauer 2018 |
Remarks:
Now restricted to Sao Tome and Rolas Islet.
Previously included the population now assigned to mendesi.
Records from Principe refer to mendesi (e.g., Ceríaco, Arellano, Jadin, Marques, Parrinha & Hallermann 2021).
Formerly regarded as a subspecies or synonym of capensis (e.g., Greef 1884; Bocage 1886), lineatus (e.g., Bedriaga 1882; Bogert 1940), or of fuliginosus (e.g., Roux-Estève & Guibé 1964).
Revalidated as a separate species by Ceríaco, Arellano, Jadin, Marques, Parrinha & Hallermann (2021), although treated as such already by Ceríaco, Marques & Bauer (2018).
Distribution:
Sao Tome & Principe
(Rolas Island,
Sao Tome).
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Boaedon bocagei
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Kissama House Snake, (Bocage's Brown House Snake)
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Kissama-Hausschlange
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Kissama-hussnog
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2020 | |
Boaedon bocagei Hallermann, Ceríaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer |
Distribution:
Angola.
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Boaedon branchi
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Cuando Cubango House Snake, (Branch's Brown House Snake)
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Cuando-Cubango-Hausschlange
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Cuando Cubango-hussnog
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2020 | |
Boaedon branchi Hallermann, Ceríaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer |
Distribution:
Angola.
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Boaedon capensis
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Brown House Snake
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Braune Hausschlange
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Brun Hussnog
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1854 | |
Boaedon capense Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril |
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Lamprophis capensis Hughes 1997 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of fuliginosus (e.g., Broadley 1983).
Treated as a valid species herein, following several works
(e.g., Hughes 1997; Bauer & Branch 2001; Broadley, Doria & Wigge 2003; Bourquin 2004; Broadley & Blaylock 2013; Herrmann & Branch 2013; Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014;
Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014).
However, Kelly, Branch, Broadley, Barker & Villet (2011) did not mention capensis, presumably regarding it as a synonym of fuliginosus.
Distribution:
Botswana,
Eswatini,
Lesotho,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Namibia,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province,
Northern Cape,
Western Cape),
Tanzania
(incl.
Mafia,
Pemba,
Zanzibar),
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Boaedon fradei
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Moxico House Snake, (Frade's Brown House Snake)
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Moxico-Hausschlange
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Moxico-hussnog
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2020 | |
Boaedon fradei Hallermann, Ceríaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer |
Distribution:
Angola,
Botswana,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Namibia,
Zambia.
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Boaedon fuliginosus
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Common African House Snake, Sooty House Snake, (Brown House Snake, Black House Snake, Olive House Snake)
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Gewöhnliche Hausschlange
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Almindelig Hussnog
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1827 | |
Lycodon fuliginosus Boie |
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Boodon fuliginosus Boulenger 1893 |
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Boaedon fuliginosus Schmidt 1923 |
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Lamprophis fuliginosus Broadley 1983 |
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1888 | |
Boodon bipraeocularis Günther (syn. Broadley 1983) |
Remarks:
Formerly considered distributed in many parts of Africa, but now restricted to West and Central Africa, from Morocco to Angola (Hallerman, Ceríaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer 2020).
Previously included arabicus, capensis, mentalis, and variegatus, as well as the populations now assigned to perisilvestris and subflavus.
Distribution limits of capensis and fuliginosus, respectively, remain to be clarified (Broadley, Doria & Wigge 2003), but southern African records are
regarded as representing capensis, following several other works (e.g., Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014).
Records from Chad refer to subflavus (Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toïngué & Kerah 2020).
Records from Gabon refer to perisilvestris (Pauwels, Chirio, Neil, Berry, Texier & Rosin 2017).
Records from Saudi Arabia (e.g., Aloufi, Amr & Abu Baker 2022) are tentatively regarded as representing arabicus.
Distribution:
Angola,
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Burundi,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau
(incl.
Bijagos Archipelago),
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Liberia,
Malawi,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Rwanda,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Somalia,
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Tanzania,
Togo,
Uganda,
Western Sahara,
Zambia.
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Boaedon geometricus
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Seychelles House Snake
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Seychellen-Hausschlange
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Seychellisk Hussnog
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1837 | |
Lycodon geometricus Schlegel |
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Eugnathus geometricus Duméril & Bibron 1854 |
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Boaedon geometricus Jan 1863 |
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Boodon geometricus Günther 1888 |
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Lamprophis geometricus Kelly, Branch, Broadley, Barker & Villet 2011 |
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1888 | |
Boodon seychellensis Günther (Guibe 1958) |
Distribution:
Seychelles.
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Boaedon lineatus
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Lined House Snake, Striped House Snake
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Gestreifte Hausschlange
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Stribet Hussnog
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1854 | |
Boaedon lineatus Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril |
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Boodon lineatus Boulenger 1893 |
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Lamprophis lineatus Broadley 1983 |
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1857 | |
Boaedon quadrivittatum Hallowell (syn. Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014) |
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1859 | |
Boaedon quadrilineatum Duméril (syn. Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014) |
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1902 | |
Boodon lineatus plutonis Werner (syn. Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014) |
Remarks:
Previously included angolensis, bedriagae, mentalis, variegatus, virgatus, as well as the populations now assigned to littoralis and longilineatus.
Some authors have regarded lineatus as a synonym of fuliginosus (e.g., Roux-Esteve & Guibe 1965; Thorpe & McCarthy 1978;
Schleich, Kästle & Kabisch 1996), but they are now regarded as separate species (e.g., Barry & Hughes 1969; Hughes 1997; Chippaux 2001;
Emms, Jambang, Bahl, Mankali, Paziaud & Barnett 2007; Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014; Trape & Mediannikov 2016).
In West Africa, character differences between fuliginosus and lineatus are quite constant, but more than one species may be covering under the
name lineatus, especially in Central Africa (Segniagbeto, Trape, David, Ohler, Dubois & Glitho 2011).
Records from Chad refer to longilineatus (Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toïngué & Kerah 2020).
Records from Gabon refer to littoralis (Pauwels, Chirio, Neil, Berry, Texier & Rosin 2017).
Records from Angola refer to angolensis or variegatus (Marques, Ceríaco, Blackburn & Bauer 2018).
Distribution:
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Ivory Coast,
Liberia,
Mali,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Rwanda,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Sudan,
Togo,
Uganda.
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Boaedon littoralis
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Coastal House Snake
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Küsten-Hausschlange
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Kysthussnog
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2016 | |
Boaedon littoralis Trape & Mediannikov |
Distribution:
Congo-Brazzaville,
Gabon.
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Boaedon longilineatus
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Long-lined House Snake
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Langstreifen-Hausschlange
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Langstribet Hussnog
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2016 | |
Boaedon longilineatus Trape & Mediannikov |
Distribution:
Cameroon,
Chad,
Sudan.
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Boaedon maculatus
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Somali House Snake
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Somalische Hausschlange
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Somalisk Hussnog
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1932 | |
Boaedon maculatus Parker |
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Lamprophis maculatus Hughes 1997 |
Distribution:
Djibouti,
Ethiopia,
Somalia.
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Boaedon mendesi
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Principe House Snake
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Principe-Hausschlange
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Principe-hussnog
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2021 | |
Boaedon mendesi Ceríaco, Arellano, Jadin, Marques, Parrinha & Hallermann |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a population of fuliginosus, capensis, or, most recently, bedriagae.
Distribution:
Sao Tome & Principe
(Principe).
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Boaedon mentalis
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Namibe House Snake
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Namibe-Hausschlange
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Namibe-hussnog
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1888 | |
Boodon mentalis Günther |
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Boaedon lineatus mentalis Bogert 1940 |
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Boaedon mentalis Rose 1950 |
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Boaedon fuliginosus mentalis FitzSimons 1962 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of fuliginosus (e.g., FitzSimons 1962; Mertens 1971), or of capensis (e.g., Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014).
Revalidated by Hallermann, Ceríaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer (2020).
Distribution:
Angola,
Namibia,
South Africa
(Northern Cape).
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Boaedon montanus
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Kigali House Snake
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Kigali-Hausschlange
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Kigali-hussnog
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2022 | |
Boaedon montanus Trape, Mediannikov, Hinkel & Hinkel |
Distribution:
Burundi,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Rwanda.
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Boaedon olivaceus
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Olive House Snake, Grey House Snake, (Gaboon Water Snake, Olive Water Snake)
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Graue Hausschlange
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Grå Hussnog
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1856 | |
Holuropholis olivaceus Dumeril |
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Boodon olivaceus Boulenger 1893 |
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Boaedon olivaceus Angel 1933 |
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Lamprophis olivaceus Welch 1982 |
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1888 | |
Boodon poensis Günther (syn. Mertens 1965) |
Distribution:
Angola,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Equatorial Guinea
(Bioko,
Rio Muni),
Gabon,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Liberia,
Nigeria,
Rwanda,
Sierra Leone,
Togo,
Uganda,
Zambia.
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Boaedon paralineatus
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Central African Lined House Snake
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Zentralafrikanische Gestreifte Hausschlange
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Centralafrikansk Stribet Hussnog
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2016 | |
Boaedon paralineatus Trape & Mediannikov |
Distribution:
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Nigeria.
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Boaedon perisilvestris
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Central African Savanna House Snake
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Zentralafrikanische Savannen-Hausschlange
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Centralafrikansk Savannehussnog
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2016 | |
Boaedon perisilvestris Trape & Mediannikov |
Distribution:
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Gabon,
Nigeria,
South Sudan.
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Boaedon radfordi
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Lendu Plateau House Snake, (Radford's House Snake)
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Lendu-Hausschlange
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Lendu-hussnog
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2015 | |
Boaedon radfordi Greenbaum, Portillo, Jackson & Kusamba |
Distribution:
Congo-Kinshasa,
Uganda.
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Boaedon subflavus
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Yellow House Snake
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Gelbe Hausschlange
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Gul Hussnog
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2016 | |
Boaedon subflavus Trape & Mediannikov |
Distribution:
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad.
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Boaedon upembae
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Upemba House Snake, Upemba Water Snake, Eastern White-bellied Water Snake, Zaire White-bellied Water Snake
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Upemba-Hausschlange
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Upemba-hussnog
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1954 | |
Lycodonomorphus subtaeniatus upembae Laurent |
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Lycodonomorphus upembae Broadley & Cotterill 2004 |
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Boaedon upembae Greenbaum, Portillo, Jackson & Kusamba 2015 |
Remarks:
Previously assigned to the genus
Lycodonomorphus (e.g., Broadley & Cotterill 2004).
Transferred to Boaedon by Greenbaum, Portillo, Jackson & Kusamba (2015).
Distribution:
Congo-Kinshasa.
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Boaedon variegatus
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Variegated House Snake
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Bunte Hausschlange
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Broget Hussnog
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1867 | |
Alopecion variegatum Bocage |
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Boaedon quadrilineatus variegata Jan 1870 |
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Boaedon variegatus Marques, Ceríaco, Blackburn & Bauer 2018 |
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1895 | |
Boodon lineatus lineolata Bocage (syn. Hallermann, Ceríaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer 2020) |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of lineatus (e.g., Bocage 1895; Boulenger 1893; Monard 1937) or of fuliginosus (e.g., Loveridge 1957, Broadley 1983).
Revalidated by Marques, Ceríaco, Blackburn & Bauer (2018) and Hallerman, Ceríaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer (2020).
Distribution:
Angola,
Namibia.
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Boaedon virgatus
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West African House Snake, Masked House Snake, Orange-bellied Lined House Snake, Dark-bellied House Snake, (Hallowell's House Snake)
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Westafrikanische Hausschlange
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Vestafrikansk Hussnog
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1854 | |
Coelopeltis virgata Hallowell |
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Boodon virgatus Boulenger 1893 |
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Boaedon virgatus Bogert 1940 |
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Boaedon lineatus virgatus Loveridge 1941 |
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Lamprophis virgatus Lawson 1993 |
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1856 | |
Boaedon nigrum Fischer (syn. Ceríaco, Arellano, Jadin, Marques, Parrinha & Hallermann 2021) |
Remarks:
Presence in Gambia (e.g., Håkansson 1981) is considered doubtful (Trape & Mané 2006a).
Distribution:
Angola
(Cabinda),
Benin,
Cameroon,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Equatorial Guinea
(Bioko,
Rio Muni),
Gabon,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Liberia,
Nigeria,
Sierra Leone,
Togo.
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