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Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Lamprophiidae
Bibliography of the genus Buhoma
Biodiversity of the family Lamprophiidae








Genus
Buhoma

African Forest Snakes

Afrikanische Waldnattern

Afrikanske Skovsnoge

1997 Buhoma Ziegler, Vences, Glaw & Böhme (type species: Geodipsas vauerocegae Tornier 1902)
Contents: 3 species, of which 2 (66.7%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: The three species of this genus were previously placed in the genus Geodipsas, now considered a subgenus of Compsophis (Glaw, Nagy & Vences 2007).
Distribution: Equatorial Africa.
Reported from: Burundi, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko, Rio Muni), Gabon, Tanzania, Uganda.

Buhoma depressiceps

Pale-headed Forest Snake, Cameroon Dwarf Snake

Hellkopf-Waldnatter

Lyshovedet Skovsnog

1897 Tropidonotus depressiceps Werner
Geodipsas depressiceps Boulenger 1919
Buhoma depressiceps Ziegler, Vences, Glaw & Böhme 1997
1956 Geodipsas depressiceps marlieri Laurent
Buhoma depressiceps marlieri Ziegler, Vences, Glaw & Böhme 1997
Buhoma marlieri Chippaux & Jackson 2019

Other common names:
marlieri: Kivu Forest Snake, (Marlier's Forest Snake)
Remarks: The subspecies marlieri may prove to be a separate species (Ziegler, Vences, Glaw & Böhme 1997), and it was treated as such by Chippaux & Jackson (2019), but without discussion.
Distribution: Burundi, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko, Rio Muni), Gabon, Uganda.


Buhoma procterae

Uluguru Forest Snake

Uluguru-Waldnatter

Uluguru-skovsnog, (Procters Skovsnog)

1922 Geodipsas procterae Loveridge
Buhoma procterae Ziegler, Vences, Glaw & Böhme 1997

Distribution: Tanzania.


Buhoma vauerocegae

Usambara Forest Snake

Usambara-Waldnatter

Usambara-skovsnog

1902 Geodipsas vauerocegae Tornier
Buhoma vauerocegae Ziegler, Vences, Glaw & Böhme 1997

Distribution: Tanzania.