Hormonotus
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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]
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
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- ↑ Hormonotus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 November 2014.
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- Lamprophiidae
- Monotypic snake genera
- Snakes of Africa
- Reptiles of Angola
- Reptiles of Cameroon
- Vertebrates of the Central African Republic
- Reptiles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea
- Reptiles of Gabon
- Reptiles of West Africa
- Reptiles of the Republic of the Congo
- Reptiles of Uganda
- Taxa named by Edward Hallowell (herpetologist)
- Reptiles described in 1854