Bofa erlangeri

Bofa erlangeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Bofa
Tiutenko, Koch, Pabijan & Zinenko, 2022
Species:
B. erlangeri
Binomial name
Bofa erlangeri
(Sternfeld, 1908)
Synonyms[2]
  • Boodon erlangeri
    Sternfeld, 1908
  • Boaedon erlangeri
    — Meirte, 1982
  • Lamprophis erlangeri
    — Nečas, 1997
  • Boaedon erlangeri
    — Wallach et al., 2014
  • Bofa erlangeri
    — Tiutenko et al., 2022

Bofa erlangeri, also known commonly as the Ethiopian house snake, is a species of snake in the family Lamprophiidae. The species is endemic to Ethiopia.[2]

Taxonomy

B. erlangeri is the only species in the genus Bofa.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, erlangeri, is in honor of German ornithologist Carlo von Erlanger, who was one of the collectors of the holotype.[3][4]

Geographic range

B. erlangeri is found in the central plateau of Ethiopia.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of B. erlangeri are forest and grassland, at altitudes of 800–2,800 m (2,600–9,200 ft), and it has also been found in farmland.[1]

Description

B. erlangeri may attain a total length (including tail) of 1.2 m (3.9 ft).[1]

Diet

B. erlangeri preys upon rodents.[1]

Reproduction

B. erlangeri is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Spawls, S. (2021). "Lamprophis erlangeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021. IUCN: e.T21583934A21583945. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T21583934A21583945.en.
  2. ^ a b c d Bofa erlangeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 August 2019.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lamprophis erlangeri, p. 85).
  4. ^ Sternfeld R (1908).

Further reading

  • Largen MJ, Spawls S (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. ISBN 978-3899734669. (Lamprophis erlangeri, p. 467).
  • Nečas P (1997). "Five endemic montane snakes from Ethiopia". Reptile & Amphibian Magazine 49: 58–65. (Lamprophis erlangeri, new combination).
  • Sternfeld R (1908). "Neue und ungenügend bekannte afrikanische Schlangen ". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 4: 92–95. (Boodon erlangeri, new species, p. 92). (in German).
  • Tiutenko A, Koch C, Pabijan M, Zinenko O (2022). "Generic affinities of African house snakes revised: a new genus for Boodon erlangeri (Serpentes: Elapoidea: Lamprophiidae: Lamprophiinae)". Salamandra 58 (4): 235–262. (Bofa, new genus, p. 240; Bofa erlangeri, new combination, p. 241).
  • Wallach V, Williams KL, Boundy J (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, London, New York: CRC Press, an Imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group. 1,237 pp. ISBN 978-1482208474. (Boaedon erlangeri, p. 95).



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