Pseudoboodon

Pseudoboodon
Pseudoboodon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Lamprophiidae
Subfamily:	Lamprophiinae
Genus:	Pseudoboodon Peracca, 1897

Pseudoboodon is a genus of snakes in the family Lamprophiidae.[1] The genus is endemic to Africa.[1]

Species

Five species are recognized as being valid.[1]

• Pseudoboodon abyssinicus Mocquard, 1906 – Abyssinian house snake
• Pseudoboodon boehmei Rasmussen & Largen, 1992
• Pseudoboodon gascae Peracca, 1897
• Pseudoboodon lemniscatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
• Pseudoboodon sandfordorum Spawls, 2004

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudoboodon.

References

1. Genus Pseudoboodon at The Reptile Database.

Further reading

• Peracca MG (1897). "Intorno ad alcuni Ofidii raccolti a Maldi (Eritrea) dal capitano A. Gasca ". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R[egia]. Università di Torino 12 (273): 1-3. (Pseudoboodon, new genus, pp. 1–2; P. gascae, new species, pp. 2–3 + one unnumbered figure). (in Italian).