Limaformosa

Limaformosa is a genus of snakes, commonly known as file snakes, in the family Lamprophiidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.

Etymology

The generic name, Limaformosa, is from Latin lima meaning "file" + formosa meaning "beautifully formed".

Species

There are six recognized species in the genus:

• Limaformosa capensis – Cape file snake
• Limaformosa chanleri – unicolor file snake
• Limaformosa crossi – file snake, West African file snake
• Limaformosa guirali – Mocquard's file snake
• Limaformosa savorgnani – Congo file snake
• 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.

References

Further reading

• 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).
• 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).
• 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).