Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
April 12th, 2025.
 
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Genus
Gonionotophis
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Lesser File Snakes
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Zwerg-Feilennattern
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Dværgfilsnoge
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1889 |  |
Gonionotus Mocquard [not Gonionotus Gray 1846 (Xenodermidae); not Gonionotus Marshall 1868 (Hemiptera)] (type species: Gonionotus brussauxi Mocquard 1889) |
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1893 | |
Gonionotophis Boulenger [substitute name for Gonionotus Mocquard 1889] |
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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.
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Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations
Head drawings of the
genus Gonionotophis.
Compiled by V. Wallach
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Gonionotophis brussauxi
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Eastern Forest Dwarf File Snake, (Mocquard's Dwarf File Snake, Brusseaux's Lesser File Snake)
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Östliche Zwerg-Feilennatter
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Østlig Dværgfilsnog
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1889 | |
Godionotus Brussauxi Mocquard |
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Gonionotophis brussauxi Boulenger 1893 |
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1892 | |
Gonionotophis vossi Boettger (Loveridge 1939; Knoepffler 1966) |
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1916 | |
Simocephalus insignis Chabanaud (Loveridge 1939) |
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1956 | |
Gonionotophis brussauxi prigoginei Laurent |
Distribution:
Angola,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Equatorial Guinea
(Rio Muni),
Gabon,
Uganda.
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Gonionotophis grantii
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Savanna Dwarf File Snake, (Grant's File Snake)
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Savannen-Zwerg-Feilennatter
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Savanne-dværgfilsnog
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1863 | |
Simocephalus Grantii Günther |
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Gonyonotus grantii Boulenger 1891 |
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Gonionotophis grantii Boulenger 1893 |
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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.
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Gonionotophis klingi
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Western Forest Dwarf File Snake, (Forest Dwarf File Snake, Kling's File Snake, Matschie's File Snake)
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Westliche Zwerg-Feilennatter
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Vestlig Dværgfilsnog
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1893 | |
Gonionotophis klingi Matschie |
Distribution:
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Liberia,
Nigeria,
Togo.
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