Boaedon angolensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Boaedon
Species: Boaedon angolensis

Name

Boaedon angolensis (Bocage, 1895)

• Neotype: MTD 48606 (field no. MHA 62), adult ♂, collected by Monique Hölting on 12 October 2013. [designated by Hallermann et al. (2020: 54)]
• Type locality: “Uíge (town), Campus-Fazenda of Universidade Kimpa Vita (−7.59747°, 14.98092°, 817 m), Uíge Province, Angola”.

References

Primary references

• Hallermann, J., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Schmitz, A., Ernst, R., Conradie, W., Verburgt, L., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. A review of the Angolan House snakes, genus Boaedon Duméril, Bibron and Duméril (1854) (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), with description of three new species in the Boaedon fuliginosus (Boie, 1827) species complex. African Journal of Herpetology 69(1): 29–78. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2020.1777470 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Boaedon angolensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Angolan Brown House Snake