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Buhoma procterae (LOVERIDGE, 1922)

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Higher TaxaElapoidea, incertae sedis, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Uluguru forest snake 
SynonymGeodipsas procterae LOVERIDGE 1922: 313
Geodipsas procterae — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 26
Buhoma procterae — ZIEGLER et al. 1997
Buhoma procterae — GOWER et al. 2012: 39
Buhoma procterae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 126
Buhoma procterae — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 415 
DistributionTanzania (Uluguru Mountains)

Type locality: Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesTypes: BMNH 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1129 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Miss J. Procter, F.Z.S., for “her kindness in examining the dentition of this and other specimens and in reading over the proofs”. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70
  • Gower, D.; Garrett, K. & Stafford, P. 2012. Snakes. Firefly Books, Buffalo, NY,<br>144 p..
  • Loveridge,A. 1922. New reptiles from Tanganyika Territory. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1922: 313-315 - get paper here
  • Lyakurwa, J.V., Howell, K.M., Munishi, L.K., Treydte, A.C. 2019. Uzungwa Scarp Nature Forest Reserve; a unique hotspot for reptiles in Tanzania. Acta Herpetologica 14 (1): 3-14 - get paper here
  • Lyakurwa, John Valentine 2017. The Reptiles of the Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (USFR): An Updated Checklist with Notes on Dagger-Tooth Vine Snake Xyelodontophis uluguruensis. Journal of East African Natural History 106(2):57-65. - get paper here
  • Rasmussen, J. B., K. M. HOWELL & M. ANDERSEN 1995. A review of the Usambara forest snake Geodipsas vauerocegae and the Uluguru forest snake G. procterae. Amphibia-Reptilia, Leiden, 16 (2): 123-136. - get paper here
  • Rovero, F., Menegon, M., Fjeldså, J., Collett, L., Doggart, N., Leonard, C., Norton, G., Owen, N., Perkin, A., Spitale, D., Ahrends, A., Burgess, N. D. 2014. Targeted vertebrate surveys enhance the faunal importance and improve explanatory models within the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania. Diversity and Distributions. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12246 - get paper here
  • Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here
  • Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  • Ziegler T.; Vences M.; Glaw F.; Böhme W. 1997. Genital morphology and systematics of Geodipsas Boulenger, 1896 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new genus. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 104 (1): 95-114. - get paper here
 
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