Mehelya

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: Mehelya
Species (5): M. egbensis – M. gabouensis – M. laurenti – M. poensis – M. stenophthalmus

Name

Mehelya Csiki, 1903 [nomen substitutum]

• Type species: Heterolepis poensis Smith, 1849.

Synonyms

• Grobbenia Poche [preoccupied by Grobbenia Holdhaus, 1903]

References

Additional references

• Broadley, D.G.†, Tolley, K.A., Conradie, W., Wishart, S., Trape, J.-F., Burger, M., Kusamba, C., Zassi-Boulou, A.-G. & Greenbaum, E. 2018. A phylogeny and genus-level revision of the African file snakes Gonionotophis Boulenger (Squamata: Lamprophiidae). African Journal of Herpetology 67(1): 43–60. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2018.1423578 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Mehelya . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 February 2020.
• Mehelya – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG).

Vernacular names

English: Greater File Snakes