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Taxonomy of the family Lamprophiidae
Bibliography of the genus Boaedon
Biodiversity of the family Lamprophiidae








Genus
Boaedon

Afro-Arabian House Snakes

Hausschlangen

Afro-Arabiske Hussnoge

1854 Boaedon Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril (type species: Lycodon unicolor Boie 1827)
1856 Holuropholis Dumeril (type species: Holuropholis olivaceus Dumeril 1856)
1858 Boodon Günther [emendation of Boaedon Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril 1854]
1885 Catapherodon Rochebrune [substitute name for Boaedon Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril 1854]
1893 Theleus Cope (type species: Coelopeltis virgata Hallowell 1854)
Contents: 25 species, of which 9 (36.0%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of Lamprophis (e.g., Broadley 1966; Williams & Wallach 1989). Revalidated by Dowling (1969) and Kelly, Branch, Broadley, Barker & Villet (2011). The latter authors provisionally retained four species (abyssinicus, erlangeri, geometricus, guttatus) in Lamprophis, but they are assigned to Boaedon herein, following Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014).
Distribution: NW. and SubSaharan Africa, Arabian Peninsula.
Reported from: Angola (incl. Cabinda), Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko, Rio Muni), Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau (incl. Bijagos Archipelago), Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe (Principe, Rolas Island, Sao Tome), Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa (Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Northern Cape, Western Cape), South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania (incl. Mafia, Pemba, Zanzibar), Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Boaedon abyssinicus

Abyssinian House Snake, Ethiopian House Snake

Abyssinische Hausschlange

Abyssinsk Hussnog

1906 Lamprophis abyssinicus Mocquard
Boaedon abyssinicus Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014

Distribution: Ethiopia.


Boaedon angolensis

Angolan House Snake

Angolische Hausschlange

Angolansk Hussnog

1895 Boodon lineatus var. angolensis Bocage
Boaedon angolensis Marques, Ceríaco, Blackburn & Bauer 2018

Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of lineatus (e.g., Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014). Revalidated by Marques, Ceríaco, Blackburn & Bauer (2018) and Hallerman, Ceríaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer (2020).
Distribution: Angola.





Boaedon arabicus

Arabian House Snake

Arabische Hausschlange

Arabisk Hussnog

1930 Boaedon arabicus Parker
Boaedon lineatus arabicus Parker 1941
Lamprophis fuliginosus arabicus Gasperetti 1988

Remarks: Revalidated as a separate species by Hughes (1997), followed by Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014).
Distribution: Yemen.


Boaedon bedriagae

Sao Tome House Snake

Sao-Tome-Hausschlange

Sao Tome-hussnog

1905 Boodon bedriagae Boulenger
Boaedon lineatus bedriagae Bogert 1940
Boaedon fuliginosus bedriagae Roux-Estève & Guibé 1964
Lamprophis fuliginosus bedriagae Schätti & Loumont 1992
Boaedon bedriagae Ceríaco, Marques & Bauer 2018

Remarks: Now restricted to Sao Tome and Rolas Islet. Previously included the population now assigned to mendesi. Records from Principe refer to mendesi (e.g., Ceríaco, Arellano, Jadin, Marques, Parrinha & Hallermann 2021). Formerly regarded as a subspecies or synonym of capensis (e.g., Greef 1884; Bocage 1886), lineatus (e.g., Bedriaga 1882; Bogert 1940), or of fuliginosus (e.g., Roux-Estève & Guibé 1964). Revalidated as a separate species by Ceríaco, Arellano, Jadin, Marques, Parrinha & Hallermann (2021), although treated as such already by Ceríaco, Marques & Bauer (2018).
Distribution: Sao Tome & Principe (Rolas Island, Sao Tome).


Boaedon bocagei

Kissama House Snake, (Bocage's Brown House Snake)

Kissama-Hausschlange

Kissama-hussnog

2020 Boaedon bocagei Hallermann, Ceríaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer

Distribution: Angola.





Boaedon branchi

Cuando Cubango House Snake, (Branch's Brown House Snake)

Cuando-Cubango-Hausschlange

Cuando Cubango-hussnog

2020 Boaedon branchi Hallermann, Ceríaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer

Distribution: Angola.





Boaedon capensis

Brown House Snake

Braune Hausschlange

Brun Hussnog

1854 Boaedon capense Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril
Lamprophis capensis Hughes 1997

Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of fuliginosus (e.g., Broadley 1983). Treated as a valid species herein, following several works (e.g., Hughes 1997; Bauer & Branch 2001; Broadley, Doria & Wigge 2003; Bourquin 2004; Broadley & Blaylock 2013; Herrmann & Branch 2013; Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014; Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014). However, Kelly, Branch, Broadley, Barker & Villet (2011) did not mention capensis, presumably regarding it as a synonym of fuliginosus.
Distribution: Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa (Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Northern Cape, Western Cape), Tanzania (incl. Mafia, Pemba, Zanzibar), Zambia, Zimbabwe.


Boaedon fradei

Moxico House Snake, (Frade's Brown House Snake)

Moxico-Hausschlange

Moxico-hussnog

2020 Boaedon fradei Hallermann, Ceríaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer

Distribution: Angola, Botswana, Congo-Kinshasa, Namibia, Zambia.





Boaedon fuliginosus

Common African House Snake, Sooty House Snake, (Brown House Snake, Black House Snake, Olive House Snake)

Gewöhnliche Hausschlange

Almindelig Hussnog

1827 Lycodon fuliginosus Boie
Boodon fuliginosus Boulenger 1893
Boaedon fuliginosus Schmidt 1923
Lamprophis fuliginosus Broadley 1983
1888 Boodon bipraeocularis Günther (syn. Broadley 1983)

Remarks: Formerly considered distributed in many parts of Africa, but now restricted to West and Central Africa, from Morocco to Angola (Hallerman, Ceríaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer 2020). Previously included arabicus, capensis, mentalis, and variegatus, as well as the populations now assigned to perisilvestris and subflavus. Distribution limits of capensis and fuliginosus, respectively, remain to be clarified (Broadley, Doria & Wigge 2003), but southern African records are regarded as representing capensis, following several other works (e.g., Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014). Records from Chad refer to subflavus (Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toïngué & Kerah 2020). Records from Gabon refer to perisilvestris (Pauwels, Chirio, Neil, Berry, Texier & Rosin 2017).
Distribution: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau (incl. Bijagos Archipelago), Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia.


Boaedon geometricus

Seychelles House Snake

Seychellen-Hausschlange

Seychellisk Hussnog

1837 Lycodon geometricus Schlegel
Eugnathus geometricus Duméril & Bibron 1854
Boaedon geometricus Jan 1863
Boodon geometricus Günther 1888
Lamprophis geometricus Kelly, Branch, Broadley, Barker & Villet 2011
1888 Boodon seychellensis Günther (Guibe 1958)

Distribution: Seychelles.


Boaedon lineatus

Lined House Snake, Striped House Snake

Gestreifte Hausschlange

Stribet Hussnog

1854 Boaedon lineatus Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril
Boodon lineatus Boulenger 1893
Lamprophis lineatus Broadley 1983
1857 Boaedon quadrivittatum Hallowell (syn. Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014)
1859 Boaedon quadrilineatum Duméril (syn. Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014)
1902 Boodon lineatus plutonis Werner (syn. Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014)

Remarks: Previously included angolensis, bedriagae, mentalis, variegatus, virgatus, as well as the populations now assigned to littoralis and longilineatus. Some authors have regarded lineatus as a synonym of fuliginosus (e.g., Roux-Esteve & Guibe 1965; Thorpe & McCarthy 1978; Schleich, Kästle & Kabisch 1996), but they are now regarded as separate species (e.g., Barry & Hughes 1969; Hughes 1997; Chippaux 2001; Emms, Jambang, Bahl, Mankali, Paziaud & Barnett 2007; Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014; Trape & Mediannikov 2016). In West Africa, character differences between fuliginosus and lineatus are quite constant, but more than one species may be covering under the name lineatus, especially in Central Africa (Segniagbeto, Trape, David, Ohler, Dubois & Glitho 2011). Records from Chad refer to longilineatus (Trape, Kodindo, Djiddi, Mad-Toïngué & Kerah 2020). Records from Gabon refer to littoralis (Pauwels, Chirio, Neil, Berry, Texier & Rosin 2017). Records from Angola refer to angolensis or variegatus (Marques, Ceríaco, Blackburn & Bauer 2018).
Distribution: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.


Boaedon littoralis

Coastal House Snake

Küsten-Hausschlange

Kysthussnog

2016 Boaedon littoralis Trape & Mediannikov

Distribution: Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon.


Boaedon longilineatus

Long-lined House Snake

Langstreifen-Hausschlange

Langstribet Hussnog

2016 Boaedon longilineatus Trape & Mediannikov

Distribution: Cameroon, Chad, Sudan.


Boaedon maculatus

Somali House Snake

Somalische Hausschlange

Somalisk Hussnog

1932 Boaedon maculatus Parker
Lamprophis maculatus Hughes 1997

Distribution: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia.


Boaedon mendesi

Principe House Snake

Principe-Hausschlange

Principe-hussnog

2021 Boaedon mendesi Ceríaco, Arellano, Jadin, Marques, Parrinha & Hallermann

Remarks: Previously regarded as a population of fuliginosus, capensis, or, most recently, bedriagae.
Distribution: Sao Tome & Principe (Principe).





Boaedon mentalis

Namibe House Snake

Namibe-Hausschlange

Namibe-hussnog

1888 Boodon mentalis Günther
Boaedon lineatus mentalis Bogert 1940
Boaedon mentalis Rose 1950
Boaedon fuliginosus mentalis FitzSimons 1962

Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of fuliginosus (e.g., FitzSimons 1962; Mertens 1971), or of capensis (e.g., Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014). Revalidated by Hallermann, Ceríaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer (2020).
Distribution: Angola, Namibia, South Africa (Northern Cape).





Boaedon montanus

Kigali House Snake

Kigali-Hausschlange

Kigali-hussnog

2022 Boaedon montanus Trape, Mediannikov, Hinkel & Hinkel

Distribution: Burundi, Congo-Kinshasa, Rwanda.





Boaedon olivaceus

Olive House Snake, Grey House Snake, (Gaboon Water Snake, Olive Water Snake)

Graue Hausschlange

Grå Hussnog

1856 Holuropholis olivaceus Dumeril
Boodon olivaceus Boulenger 1893
Boaedon olivaceus Angel 1933
Lamprophis olivaceus Welch 1982
1888 Boodon poensis Günther (syn. Mertens 1965)

Distribution: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko, Rio Muni), Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda, Zambia.


Boaedon paralineatus

Central African Lined House Snake

Zentralafrikanische Gestreifte Hausschlange

Centralafrikansk Stribet Hussnog

2016 Boaedon paralineatus Trape & Mediannikov

Distribution: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria.


Boaedon perisilvestris

Central African Savanna House Snake

Zentralafrikanische Savannen-Hausschlange

Centralafrikansk Savannehussnog

2016 Boaedon perisilvestris Trape & Mediannikov

Distribution: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Gabon, Nigeria, South Sudan.


Boaedon radfordi

Lendu Plateau House Snake, (Radford's House Snake)

Lendu-Hausschlange

Lendu-hussnog

2015 Boaedon radfordi Greenbaum, Portillo, Jackson & Kusamba

Distribution: Congo-Kinshasa, Uganda.


Boaedon subflavus

Yellow House Snake

Gelbe Hausschlange

Gul Hussnog

2016 Boaedon subflavus Trape & Mediannikov

Distribution: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad.


Boaedon upembae

Upemba House Snake, Upemba Water Snake, Eastern White-bellied Water Snake, Zaire White-bellied Water Snake

Upemba-Hausschlange

Upemba-hussnog

1954 Lycodonomorphus subtaeniatus upembae Laurent
Lycodonomorphus upembae Broadley & Cotterill 2004
Boaedon upembae Greenbaum, Portillo, Jackson & Kusamba 2015

Remarks: Previously assigned to the genus Lycodonomorphus (e.g., Broadley & Cotterill 2004). Transferred to Boaedon by Greenbaum, Portillo, Jackson & Kusamba (2015).
Distribution: Congo-Kinshasa.


Boaedon variegatus

Variegated House Snake

Bunte Hausschlange

Broget Hussnog

1867 Alopecion variegatum Bocage
Boaedon quadrilineatus variegata Jan 1870
Boaedon variegatus Marques, Ceríaco, Blackburn & Bauer 2018
1895 Boodon lineatus lineolata Bocage (syn. Hallermann, Ceríaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer 2020)

Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of lineatus (e.g., Bocage 1895; Boulenger 1893; Monard 1937) or of fuliginosus (e.g., Loveridge 1957, Broadley 1983). Revalidated by Marques, Ceríaco, Blackburn & Bauer (2018) and Hallerman, Ceríaco, Schmitz, Ernst, Conradie, Verburgt, Marques & Bauer (2020).
Distribution: Angola, Namibia.





Boaedon virgatus

West African House Snake, Masked House Snake, Orange-bellied Lined House Snake, Dark-bellied House Snake, (Hallowell's House Snake)

Westafrikanische Hausschlange

Vestafrikansk Hussnog

1854 Coelopeltis virgata Hallowell
Boodon virgatus Boulenger 1893
Boaedon virgatus Bogert 1940
Boaedon lineatus virgatus Loveridge 1941
Lamprophis virgatus Lawson 1993
1856 Boaedon nigrum Fischer (syn. Ceríaco, Arellano, Jadin, Marques, Parrinha & Hallermann 2021)

Remarks: Presence in Gambia (e.g., Håkansson 1981) is considered doubtful (Trape & Mané 2006a).
Distribution: Angola (Cabinda), Benin, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko, Rio Muni), Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo.