Buhoma vauerocegae

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

Buhoma vauerocegae (Tornier 1902)

Lectotype: ZMB 17557, ♂, collected by J. Küttner, H. Böhler and F. Sammler. [designated by Rasmussen, Howell & Andersen (1995: 124)]
Type locality: “Usambara (Deutsch-Ost-Afrika) [Usambara Mountains, Tanzania]”.

Geodipsas vauerocegae Tornier, 1902: 703 [original combination]
Buhoma vauerocegae — Ziegler, Vences, Glaw & Böhme, 1997: 108 [subsequent combination]

Tornier, G. 1902. Herpetologisch neues aus Ost-Afrikas. Zoologischer Anzeiger 25: 700–704. BHL Reference page.
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. BHL Reference page.
Rasmussen, J.B., Howell, K.M. & Andersen, M. 1995. A review of the Usambara forest snake Geodipsas vauerocegae and the Uluguru forest snake G. procterae. Amphibia-Reptilia 16(2): 123–136. DOI: 10.1163/156853895X00307 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Buhoma vauerocegae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 January 2020.
Howell, K., Beraduccii, J. & Ngalason, W. 2021. IUCN: Buhoma vauerocegae (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T44979666A44979675. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T44979666A44979675.en. Accessed on 22 May 2023.

English: Usambara Forest Snake