Hormonotus

Hormonotus is a genus of snakes. At present, this genus is monotypic, as there is only one commonly accepted species in it, Hormonotus modestus, commonly known as the Uganda house snake or yellow forest snake. It is widespread in tropical Africa.[1] Its sister taxon is Inyoka swazicus, the Swazi rock snake.[2]

Hormonotus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Lamprophiidae
Subfamily: Lamprophiinae
Genus: Hormonotus
Hallowell, 1857
Species:
H. modestus
Binomial name
Hormonotus modestus
Synonyms
  • Lamprophis modestus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
  • Boodon modestus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
  • Boodon vossii Fischer, 1888
  • Dipsas modestus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
  • Heterolepis glaber Jan, 1862
  • Hormonotus audax Hallowell, 1857

Distribution

The snake is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Republic of Congo (RoC − Brazzaville), Gabon, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda and some other parts of Africa.[3]

References
  1. Hormonotus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 November 2014.
  2. Kelly, Christopher M.R.; Branch, William R.; Broadley, Donald G.; Barker, Nigel P.; Villet, Martin H. (2011). "Molecular systematics of the African snake family Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843 (Serpentes: Elapoidea), with particular focus on the genera Lamprophis Fitzinger 1843 and Mehelya Csiki 1903". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 58 (3): 415–426. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.010. PMID 21095234.
  3. "Hormonotus modestus". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2022-10-19.


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