Buhoma is a genus of snakes in the superfamily Elapoidea. The genus is Endemism to Africa.[ www.reptile-database.org.]
It was formerly classified in the family Lamprophiidae, but following the split of that family, the taxonomic placement of Buhoma remains uncertain.
Species
Three
species are recognized as being valid.
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Buhoma depressiceps
[Franz Werner (1897). " Ueber Reptilien und Batrachier aus Togoland, Kamerun und Tunis aus dem kgl. Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin ". Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlich zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 47: 395–407. ( Tropidonotus depressiceps, new species, p. 402). (in German).][ (in German).] – pale-headed forest snake
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Buhoma procterae
[ ( Geodipsas procterae, new species, p. 313).] – Uluguru forest snake
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Buhoma vauerocegae
[ ( Geodipsas vauerocegae, new species, p. 703). (in German).] – Usambara forest snake
A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Buhoma.
