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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 Hormonotus
Biodiversity of the family Lamprophiidae








Genus
Hormonotus

Yellow Forest Snake

Gelbe Waldnatter

Gul Skovsnog

1857 Hormonotus Hallowell (type species: Lamprophis modestus Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril 1854)
Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: As for the single species.

Hormonotus modestus

Yellow Forest Snake, Brown File Snake, Uganda House Snake, (Modest Snake)

Gelbe Waldnatter

Gul Skovsnog

1854 Lamprophis modestus Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril
Hormonotus modestus Günther 1862
1857 Hormonotus audax Hallowell (Loveridge 1957)
1863 Heterolepis glaber Jan (Loveridge 1957)
1888 Boodon vossii Fischer (Loveridge 1957)

Distribution: Equatorial Africa.
Reported from: Angola (incl. Cabinda), Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko, Rio Muni), Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda.