Hormonotus

Hormonotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Lamprophiidae
Subfamily:	Lamprophiinae
Genus:	Hormonotus; Hallowell, 1857
Species:	H. modestus
Binomial name
	Hormonotus modestus; (Duméril, Bibron, and Auguste Duméril, 1854)
Synonyms
	Lamprophis modestus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854; Boodon modestus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854); Boodon vossii Fischer, 1888; Dipsas modestus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854); Heterolepis glaber Jan, 1862; Hormonotus audax Hallowell, 1857

Hormonotus is a genus of snakes. At present, this genus is monotypic, as there is only one commonly accepted species in it, Hormonotus modestus, commonly known as the Uganda house snake or yellow forest snake. It is widespread in tropical Africa.[1] Its sister taxon is Inyoka swazicus, the Swazi rock snake.[2]

References

Hormonotus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 November 2014.
Kelly, Christopher M.R.; Branch, William R.; Broadley, Donald G.; Barker, Nigel P.; Villet, Martin H. (2011). "Molecular systematics of the African snake family Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843 (Serpentes: Elapoidea), with particular focus on the genera Lamprophis Fitzinger 1843 and Mehelya Csiki 1903". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 58 (3): 415–426. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.010. PMID 21095234.

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[RDB-1] Hormonotus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 November 2014.

[2] Kelly, Christopher M.R.; Branch, William R.; Broadley, Donald G.; Barker, Nigel P.; Villet, Martin H. (2011). "Molecular systematics of the African snake family Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843 (Serpentes: Elapoidea), with particular focus on the genera Lamprophis Fitzinger 1843 and Mehelya Csiki 1903". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 58 (3): 415–426. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.010. PMID 21095234.