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Bofa erlangeri

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Species of snake

Bofa erlangeri
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Bofa
Tiutenko, Koch, Pabijan & Zinenko, 2022
Species: B. erlangeri
Binomial name
Bofa erlangeri
(Sternfeld, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Boodon erlangeri
    Sternfeld, 1908
  • Boaedon erlangeri
    — Meirte, 1982
  • Lamprophis erlangeri
    — Nečas, 1997
  • Boaedon erlangeri
    — Wallach et al., 2014
  • Bofa erlangeri
    — Tiutenko et al., 2022

Bofa erlangeri, also known commonly as the Ethiopian house snake, is a species of snake in the family Lamprophiidae. The species is endemic to Ethiopia.

Taxonomy

B. erlangeri is the only species in the genus Bofa.

Etymology

The specific name, erlangeri, is in honor of German ornithologist Carlo von Erlanger, who was one of the collectors of the holotype.

Geographic range

B. erlangeri is found in the central plateau of Ethiopia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of B. erlangeri are forest and grassland, at altitudes of 800–2,800 m (2,600–9,200 ft), and it has also been found in farmland.

Description

B. erlangeri may attain a total length (including tail) of 1.2 m (3.9 ft).

Diet

B. erlangeri preys upon rodents.

Reproduction

B. erlangeri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Spawls, S. (2021). "Lamprophis erlangeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021. IUCN: e.T21583934A21583945. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T21583934A21583945.en.
  2. ^ Bofa erlangeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 August 2019.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lamprophis erlangeri, p. 85).
  4. Sternfeld R (1908).

Further reading

  • Largen MJ, Spawls S (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. ISBN 978-3899734669. (Lamprophis erlangeri, p. 467).
  • Nečas P (1997). "Five endemic montane snakes from Ethiopia". Reptile & Amphibian Magazine 49: 58–65. (Lamprophis erlangeri, new combination).
  • Sternfeld R (1908). "Neue und ungenügend bekannte afrikanische Schlangen ". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 4: 92–95. (Boodon erlangeri, new species, p. 92). (in German).
  • Tiutenko A, Koch C, Pabijan M, Zinenko O (2022). "Generic affinities of African house snakes revised: a new genus for Boodon erlangeri (Serpentes: Elapoidea: Lamprophiidae: Lamprophiinae)". Salamandra 58 (4): 235–262. (Bofa, new genus, p. 240; Bofa erlangeri, new combination, p. 241).
  • Wallach V, Williams KL, Boundy J (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, London, New York: CRC Press, an Imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group. 1,237 pp. ISBN 978-1482208474. (Boaedon erlangeri, p. 95).


Taxon identifiers
Lamprophis erlangeri


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