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Higher TaxaLamprophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Olive House Snake
G: Olivfarbene Hausschlange 
SynonymHoluropholis olivaceus DUMÉRIL 1856: 466
Holuropholis olivaceus — MÜLLER 1880
Boodon poensis GÜNTHER 1888: 330
Holuropholis olivaceus — BOETTGER 1889: 279
Boodon olivaceus — BOULENGER 1893: 335
Holuropholis olivaceus — SCHMIDT 1923: 66
Boaedon olivaceus — LOVERIDGE 1957: 219
Boaedon olivaceoum — AYLMER 1922 (as cited in MENZIES 1966)
Boaedon olivaceus stirnensis STUCKI-STIRN 1979
Lamprophis olivaceus — BROADLEY 1983
Lamprophis olivaceus — BROADLEY 1998
Boaedon olivaceus — LEBRETON 1999
Lamprophis olivaceus — CHIRIO & INEICH 2006
Lamprophis olivacea — JACKSON 2008
Boaedon olivaceus — KELLY et al. 2011
Lamprophis olivaceus — SEGNIAGBETO et al. 2012
Boaedon olivaceus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 97
Lamprophis olivaceus — CARLINO & PAUWELS 2015
Boaedon olivaceus — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 393
Boaedon olivaceus — SENTER & CHIPPAUX 2022 
DistributionUganda, Rwanda, Zaire, Angola, W/C/E Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Congo (Brazzaville), Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Guinea (Conakry), Liberia, Central African Republic, Sierra Leone

Type locality: Gaboon  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 3408, a 650 mm specimen (C.E. Aubry-Lecomte, 1849–1854).
Holotype: BMNH 1858.4.20.16 [poensis] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “presence of a glossy tan, brown, olive-grey, grey or blackish ground colour, lack of stripes on the head, neck and body, and single subcaudals. usually two supralabials entering the eye Males (17) Females SVL 526.5 ± 65.8 (396–609), 536.5 ± 145.2 (284–760); TL 111.2 ± 18.3 (70–130), 74.3 ± 21.0 (38–113); VENT 192.0 ± 2.8 (187–196), 207.9 ± 4.7 (198–216); SCDL 52.6 ± 1.8 (50–56), 42.2 ± 2.5 (39–48), DSRN 23.8 ± 1.2 (21–25), 24.8 ± 0.9 (23–27), DSRM 26.8 ± 1.2 (25–29), 27.6 ± 1.4 (25–31), DSRV 20.8 ± 1.0 (19–23), 21.5 ± 0.9 (21–23), SUPRA 8.1 ± 0.3 (8–9), 8.2 ± 0.5 (8–10), SUPRAEYE 2.7 ± 0.5 (2–3), 2.6 ± 0.5 (2–3), INFRA 8.9 ± 0.4 (8–10), 9.1 ± 0.4 (8–10), INFRACS 3.5 ± 0.5 (3–4), 3.5 ± 0.5 (3–4), INTER 2, 2; POSTOC 2. 2 (after Greenbaum et al. 2025, modified after J. Hallermann, pers. comm., 22 Jan 2024). 
CommentDistribution: For a map with localities in Equatorial Guinea see SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022. Not reported from Benin according to ULLENBRUCH et al. 2010, but possibly Benin (Hughes 2013). 
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