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
Mehelya
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Greater File Snakes
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Grosse Feilennattern
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Kæmpefilsnoge
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1903 |  |
Grobbenia Poche [not Grobbenia Holdhaus 1903 (Coleoptera); substitute name for Simocephalus Gray in Günther 1858] (type species (erroneously): Heterolepis poensis Smith 1847) |
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1903 | |
Mehelya Csiki [substitute name for Grobbenia Poche 1903] |
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1904 | |
Siebenrockia Poche [substitute name for Grobbenia Poche 1903] |
Contents:
5 species, of which 3 (60.0%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of
Gonionotophis
(Kelly, Branch, Broadley, Barker & Villet 2011), but subsequently revalidated as a separate genus by
Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum (2018).
Formerly included the species now assigned to
Gracililima and
Limaformosa.
Distribution:
Equatorial Africa.
Reported from:
Angola
(incl.
Cabinda),
Benin,
Burundi,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Equatorial Guinea
(Bioko,
Elobey Island,
Rio Muni),
Gabon,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Ivory Coast,
Liberia,
Nigeria,
Rwanda,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
South Sudan,
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 Mehelya.
Compiled by V. Wallach
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Mehelya egbensis
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Egbe File Snake, Egbe Burrowing File Snake, (Dunger's File Snake)
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Egbe-Feilennatter
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Egbe-filsnog
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1966 | |
Mehelya egbensis Dunger |
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Gonionotophis egbensis Kelly, Branch, Broadley, Barker & Villet 2011 |
Distribution:
Nigeria.
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Mehelya gabouensis
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Gabou File Snake
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Gabou-Feilennatter
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Gabou-filsnog
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2005 | |
Mehelya gabouensis Trape & Mane |
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Gonionotophis gabouensis Kelly, Branch, Broadley, Barker & Villet 2011 |
Distribution:
Senegal.
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Mehelya laurenti
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Congolese File Snake, (Laurent's File Snake)
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Kongolesische Feilennatter
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Congofilsnog
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1959 | |
Mehelya laurenti Witte |
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Gonionotophis laurenti Kelly, Branch, Broadley, Barker & Villet 2011 |
Distribution:
Congo-Kinshasa.
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Mehelya poensis
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Western Forest File Snake, Equatorial File Snake, Bioko File Snake
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Westliche Wald-Feilennatter
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Vestlig Skovfilsnog
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1847 | |
Heterolepis poensis Smith |
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Simocephalus poensis Günther 1858 |
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Grobbenia poensis Poche 1903 |
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Mehelya poensis Lönnberg 1910 |
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Gonionotophis poensis Kelly, Branch, Broadley, Barker & Villet 2011 |
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Heterolepis bicarinatus Duméril & Bibron (Loveridge 1939, 1957) |
Distribution:
Angola
(incl.
Cabinda),
Benin,
Burundi,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Equatorial Guinea
(Bioko,
Elobey Island,
Rio Muni),
Gabon,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Ivory Coast,
Liberia,
Nigeria,
Rwanda,
Sierra Leone,
South Sudan,
Togo,
Uganda,
Zambia.
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Mehelya stenophthalmus
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Small-eyed File Snake, Cape Lopez File Snake
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Kleinäugige Feilennatter
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Småøjet Filsnog
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1887 | |
Heterolepis stenophthalmus Mocquard |
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Simocephalus stenophthalmus Boulenger 1893 |
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Mehelya stenophthalmus Werner 1929 |
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Gonionotophis stenophthalmus Kelly, Branch, Broadley, Barker & Villet 2011 |
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1911 | |
Gonionotophis microps Boulenger (Loveridge 1939; Chippaux 2001) |
Distribution:
Benin,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Equatorial Guinea
(Rio Muni),
Gabon,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Ivory Coast,
Nigeria,
Togo,
Uganda.
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