Buhoma

Buhoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Superfamily: Elapoidea
Genus: Buhoma
Ziegler [fr; de], Vences, Glaw, & Böhme [fr; de], 1997[1]

Buhoma is a genus of snakes in the superfamily Elapoidea. The genus is endemic to Africa.[2]

It was formerly classified in the family Lamprophiidae, but following the split of that family, the taxonomic placement of Buhoma remains uncertain.[3]

  1. ^ Ziegler, Thomas [in French]; Vences, Miguel; Glaw, Frank; Bohme, Wolfgang [in German] (1997). "Genital morphology and systematics of Geodipsas Boulenger, 1896 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new genus". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 104: 95–114. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.79992. ISSN 0035-418X. (Buhoma, new genus, p. 108)).
  2. ^ Genus Buhoma at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ "Search results | The Reptile Database". reptile-database.reptarium.cz. Retrieved 2022-07-21.