Gonionotophis

Updated on Oct 26, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Vertebrata Subclass Diapsida Rank Genus		Phylum Chordata Class Sauropsida Infraclass Lepidosauromorpha

Similar Mehelya, Lycophidion, Lycodonomorphus, Prosymna, Amblyodipsas

Gonionotophis is a genus of colubrid snakes also known as African ground snakes and file snakes.

Arboreal behaviour of gonionotophis poensis

As of November 2010, there are 15 recognized species in the genus:

Gonionotophis brussauxi (Mocquard, 1889) – Mocquard's African ground snake

Gonionotophis capensis (A. Smith, 1847) – Cape file snake

Gonionotophis crossi (Boulenger, 1895) – Crosse's file snake

Gonionotophis egbensis (Dunger, 1966) – Dunger's file snake

Gonionotophis gabouensis (Trape & Mané, 2005) – Gabou file snake

Gonionotophis grantii (Günther, 1863)

Gonionotophis guirali (Mocquard, 1887) – Mocquard's file snake

Gonionotophis klingi Matschie, 1893 – Matschie's African ground snake

Gonionotophis laurenti (de Witte, 1959.)

Gonionotophis nyassae (Günther, 1888) – Nyassa file snake

Gonionotophis poensis (A. Smith, 1847) – forest file snake

Gonionotophis savorgnani (Mocquard, 1887)

Gonionotophis stenopthalmus (Mocquard, 1887) – small-eyed file snake

Gonionotophis unicolor (Boulenger, 1910)

Gonionotophis vernayi (Bogert, 1940) – Angolan file snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Gonionotophis.

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