Biology:Bofa erlangeri
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Short description: Species of snake
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Lamprophiidae |
| Genus: | Bofa Tiutenko, Koch, Pabijan & Zinenko, 2022 |
| Species: | B. erlangeri
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| Bofa erlangeri (Sternfeld, 1908)
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Bofa erlangeri, also known commonly as the Ethiopian house snake, is a species of snake in the family Lamprophiidae. The species is endemic to Ethiopia.[1]
Taxonomy
B. erlangeri is the only species in the genus Bofa.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, erlangeri, is in honor of German ornithologist Carlo von Erlanger, who was one of the collectors of the holotype.[2][3]
Geographic range
B. erlangeri is found in the central plateau of Ethiopia.[4]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of B. erlangeri are forest and grassland, at altitudes of 800–2,800 m (2,600–9,200 ft), and it has also been found in farmland.[4]
Description
B. erlangeri may attain a total length (including tail) of 1.2 m (3.9 ft).[4]
Diet
B. erlangeri preys upon rodents.[4]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bofa erlangeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 August 2019.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lamprophis erlangeri, p. 85).
- ↑ Sternfeld R (1908).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Cite error: Invalid
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Further reading
- Largen MJ, Spawls S (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. ISBN:978-3899734669. (Lamprophis erlangeri, p. 467).
- Nečas P (1997). "Five endemic montane snakes from Ethiopia". Reptile & Amphibian Magazine 49: 58–65. (Lamprophis erlangeri, new combination).
- Sternfeld R (1908). "Neue und ungenügend bekannte afrikanische Schlangen ". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 4: 92–95. (Boodon erlangeri, new species, p. 92). (in German).
- Tiutenko A, Koch C, Pabijan M, Zinenko O (2022). "Generic affinities of African house snakes revised: a new genus for Boodon erlangeri (Serpentes: Elapoidea: Lamprophiidae: Lamprophiinae)". Salamandra 58 (4): 235–262. (Bofa, new genus, p. 240; Bofa erlangeri, new combination, p. 241).
- Wallach V, Williams KL, Boundy J (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, London, New York: CRC Press, an Imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group. 1,237 pp. ISBN:978-1482208474. (Boaedon erlangeri, p. 95).
Wikidata ☰ Q3216847 entry
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