Buhoma vauerocegae (TORNIER, 1902)
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Higher Taxa | Elapoidea, incertae sedis, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Usambara forest snake |
Synonym | Geodipsas vauerocegae TORNIER 1902: 703 Geodipsas vauerocegae — WERNER 1913: 26 Geodipsas vauerocegae — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 26 Buhoma vauerocegae — ZIEGLER et al. 1997 Buhoma vauerocegae — SPAWLS et al. 2002: 371 Buhoma vauerocegae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 127 Buhoma vauerocegae — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 416 |
Distribution | Tanzania (Usambara, Uluguru, Magrotto Mountains) Type locality: Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Lectotype: ZMB 17557, female (Küttner, Böhler, and F. Sammler), missing fide R. Günther, in litt. Paralectotypes: ZFMK 95261, ZMB |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “Neben Geodipsas infralineata BIgr., aber zwischen den beiden Furchenzähnen und den soliden Oberkieferzähnen kein Zwischenraum.Rückenschuppen in 17 Querreihen. Ventralia 128-132, Caudalia 34-44. Nasale sehr groß, viel länger als breit, stößt hinten an das Labiale-2, Praefrontale und Frenale. Drei Unterlippenschilder in Contact mit dem ersten Kinnschild , weIches so lang wie das zweite ist” (from TORNIER 1902). |
Comment | Etymology: TORNIER (1902) did not explain the source of the name. Phylogenetics: The genus Buhoma has not been unambiguously assigned to any particular snake family although Zaher et al. 2019 showed that it is more closely related to Elapidae than to any other family. Type species: Geodipsas vauerocegae TORNIER 1902: 703 is the type species of the genus Buhoma ZIEGLER et al. 1997. CHIPPAUX & JACKSON 2019 included Buhoma in the subfamily Pseudoxyrhophiinae although the phylogenetic relationships of the genus remain uncertain. |
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