Black file snake

Black file snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Gracililima
Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, J.-F. Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum, 2018
Species:
G. nyassae
Binomial name
Gracililima nyassae
(Günther, 1888)
Synonyms[2]
  • Simocephalus nyassae
    Günther, 1888
  • Gonionotophis degrijsi
    F. Werner, 1906
  • Mehelya nyassae
    — Broadley, 1959
  • Gonionotophis nyassae
    — Kelly et al., 2011
  • Gracililima nyassae
    — Broadley et al., 2018

The black file snake (Gracililima nyassae), also known commonly as the dwarf file snake or the Nyassa file snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Lamprophiinae of the family Lamprophiidae.[2] The species is endemic to Africa.

  1. ^ Spawls S (2018). "Gracililima nyassae " (amended version of 2010 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T176862A128729307. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176862A128729307.en. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Downloaded on 20 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b Species Gracililima nyassae at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.