Alopecion guttatum

Taxonavigation edit

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
Genera (18): Alopecion – Boaedon – Bofa – Bothrolycus – Bothrophthalmus – Chamaelycus – Dendrolycus – Gonionotophis – Gracililima – Hormonotus – Inyoka – Lamprophis – Limaformosa – Lycodonomorphus – Lycophidion – Mehelya – Montaspis – Pseudoboodon

[source: genera circunscription sensu Zaher et al. (2019) and Broadley et al. (2018)]

Name edit

Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843

Combinations edit

  • Lamprophes Fitzinger, 1843: 25 [original combination (spelling), as familia]
  • Lamprophisinae — Bourgeois, 1968 [subsequent combination, reduced to subfamilia, incorrect formation]
  • Lamprophiinae — Dowling et al., 1996 [subsequent combination, as subfamilia, correct formation]
  • Lamprophiini — Broadley, 1998 [subsequent combination, reduce to tribus]
  • Lamprophiidae — Kelly et al., 2009: 51 [subsequent combination, restaure to familia]

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Vernacular names edit

English: African House Snakes