Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
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Genus
Lamprophis
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SubSaharan House Snakes
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Südafrikanische Hausschlangen
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Afrikanske Hussnoge
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1843 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Lamprophis Fitzinger (type species: Coluber aurora Linnaeus 1758) |
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Eugnathus Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril (type species: Lycodon geometricus Schlegel 1837) |
Contents:
3 species, of which 1 (33.3%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks:
Previously included
Alopecion guttatum,
Lycodonomorphus inornatus and the species now assigned to
Boaedon and
Inyoka.
Kelly, Branch, Broadley, Barker & Villet (2011) provisionally retained four more species (abyssinicus, erlangeri, geometricus, guttatus) in Lamprophis.
These species are assigned herein to
Boaedon, following Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014).
Distribution:
SubSaharan Africa.
Reported from:
Botswana,
Eswatini,
Lesotho,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province,
Northern Cape,
Western Cape).
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Lamprophis aurora
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Aurora House Snake
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Aurora-Hausschlange
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Aurora-hussnog
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Coluber aurora Linnaeus |
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Cerastes aurora Laurenti 1768 |
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Duberria aurora Fitzinger 1826 |
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Coronella aurora Schlegel 1837 |
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Lamprophis aurora Smith 1849 |
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Distribution:
Botswana,
Lesotho,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province,
Northern Cape,
Western Cape).
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Lamprophis aurora
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Lamprophis fiskii
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Cape House Snake, (Fisk's House Snake)
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Südliche Hausschlange
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Sydlig Hussnog
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Lamprophis fiskii Boulenger |
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Distribution:
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Northern Cape,
Western Cape).
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Lamprophis fuscus
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Yellow-bellied House Snake, (Yellow-bellied Snake)
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Gelbbauch-Hausschlange
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Gulbuget Hussnog
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Lamprophis fuscus Boulenger |
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Distribution:
Eswatini,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Mpumalanga,
Western Cape).
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