Limaformosa is a genus of , Common name known as file snakes, in the family Lamprophiidae. The genus is Endemism to Africa.
Etymology
The
Genus,
Limaformosa, is from Latin
lima meaning "file" +
formosa meaning "beautifully formed".
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Species
There are six recognized species in the genus:[ www.reptile-database.org.]
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Limaformosa capensis – Cape file snake
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Limaformosa chanleri – unicolor file snake
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Limaformosa crossi – file snake, West African file snake
[; ; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (West African File Snake Mehelya crossii, p. 62). ]
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Limaformosa guirali – Mocquard's file snake
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Limaformosa savorgnani – Congo file snake
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Limaformosa vernayi – Angolan file snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Limaformosa.
Further reading
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Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. ( Gonionotophis, new genus, p. 323).
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Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (Genus Mehelya, p. 78).
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Broadley, Donald G.; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; (2018). "A phylogeny and genus-level revision of the African file snakes Gonionotophis Boulenger (Squamata: Lamprophiidae)". African Journal of Herpetology 67 (1): 43–60. ( Limaformosa, new genus).
