Limaformosa
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Limaformosa is a genus of snakes, commonly known as file snakes, in the family Lamprophiidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.
Etymology
The generic name, Limaformosa, is from Latin lima meaning "file" + formosa meaning "beautifully formed".
Species
There are six recognized species in the genus:{{EMBL genus|genus=Limaformosa}} www.reptile-database.org.
- Limaformosa capensis {{small|(A. Smith, 1847)}} – Cape file snake
- Limaformosa chanleri {{small|(Stejneger, 1893)}} – unicolor file snake
- Limaformosa crossi {{small|(Boulenger, 1895)}} – Crosse's file snake, West African file snakeBeolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (West African File Snake Mehelya crossii, p. 62).
- Limaformosa guirali {{small|(Mocquard, 1887)}} – Mocquard's file snake
- Limaformosa savorgnani {{small|(Mocquard, 1887)}} – Congo file snake
- Limaformosa vernayi {{small|(Bogert, 1940)}} – Angolan file snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Limaformosa.
References
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Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Gonionotophis, new genus, p. 323).
- Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. {{ISBN|0-88359-042-5}}. (Genus Mehelya, p. 78).
- Broadley, Donald G.; Tolley, Krystal A.; Conradie, Werner; Wishart, Sarah; Trape, Jean-François; Burger, Marius; Kusamba, Chifundera; Zassi-Boulou, Ange-Ghislain; Greenbaum, Eli (2018). "A phylogeny and genus-level revision of the African file snakes Gonionotophis Boulenger (Squamata: Lamprophiidae)". African Journal of Herpetology 67 (1): 43–60. (Limaformosa, new genus).
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