Boaedon radfordi

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 radfordi

Name

• Boaedon radfordi Greenbaum, Portillo, Jackson & Kusamba, 2015: 24

Holotype: UTEP 20995 (field no. EBG 2422), adult ♂, collected by Chifundera Kusamba, Wandege M. Moninga, Mwenebatu M. Aristote and Eli Greenbaum on 7 July 2009.

Type locality: “Shatuma-Abis village, Lendu Plateau, Orientale Province, DRC (2.01315° N, 30.84066° E, 2 000 m)”.

References

Primary references

• Greenbaum, E., Portillo, F., Jackson, K. & Kusamba, C. 2015. A phylogeny of Central African Boaedon (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), with the description of a new cryptic species from the Albertine Rift. African Journal of Herpetology 64(1): 18–38. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2014.996189 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Boaedon radfordi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 June 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Radford’s House Snake