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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


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








Genus
Gonionotophis

Lesser File Snakes

Zwerg-Feilennattern

Dværgfilsnoge

1889 Gonionotus Mocquard [not Gonionotus Gray 1846 (Xenodermidae); not Gonionotus Marshall 1868 (Hemiptera)] (type species: Gonionotus brussauxi Mocquard 1889)
1893 Gonionotophis Boulenger [substitute name for Gonionotus Mocquard 1889]
1917 Cephalosimus Chabanaud (type species: Simocephalus insignis Chabanaud 1917; syn. Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum 2018)
Contents: 3 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Previously included the species now assigned to Gracililima, Limaformosa, and Mehelya.
Distribution: W. and C. Africa.
Reported from: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni), Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Uganda.

Gonionotophis brussauxi

Eastern Forest Dwarf File Snake, (Mocquard's Dwarf File Snake, Brusseaux's Lesser File Snake)

Östliche Zwerg-Feilennatter

Østlig Dværgfilsnog

1889 Godionotus Brussauxi Mocquard
Gonionotophis brussauxi Boulenger 1893
1892 Gonionotophis vossi Boettger (Loveridge 1939; Knoepffler 1966)
1916 Simocephalus insignis Chabanaud (Loveridge 1939)
1956 Gonionotophis brussauxi prigoginei Laurent

Distribution: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni), Gabon, Uganda.


Gonionotophis grantii

Savanna Dwarf File Snake, (Grant's File Snake)

Savannen-Zwerg-Feilennatter

Savanne-dværgfilsnog

1863 Simocephalus Grantii Günther
Gonyonotus grantii Boulenger 1891
Gonionotophis grantii Boulenger 1893
1910 Simocephalus rostralis Sternfeld (Loveridge 1939)

Distribution: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo.


Gonionotophis klingi

Western Forest Dwarf File Snake, (Forest Dwarf File Snake, Kling's File Snake, Matschie's File Snake)

Westliche Zwerg-Feilennatter

Vestlig Dværgfilsnog

1893 Gonionotophis klingi Matschie

Distribution: Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo.