Brown House Snakes
Boaedon
Boaedon is a genus of African lamprophiids consisting of the "brown" house snakes. The genus was originally described by Duméril but the species contained were reclassified as Lamprophis by Fitzinger in 1843, this taxonomy remained widely accepted until November 2010 when a phylogenetic study was published by Kelly, C.M.R et al. who resurrected the Boaedon clade. Although commonly regarded as belonging to the Colubridae, primary literature usually lists them, and related species, as belonging to the...
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 28 known species
Cape House Snake
speciesBoaedon capensis
Brown House Snake
speciesBoaedon fuliginosus
Bug-Eyed House Snake
speciesBoaedon mentalis
Boaedon bedriagae
speciesBoaedon bedriagae
Striped House Snake
speciesBoaedon lineatus
Olive House Snake
speciesBoaedon olivaceus
Boaedon mendesi
speciesBoaedon mendesi
Boaedon perisilvestris
speciesBoaedon perisilvestris
Hallowell's House Snake
speciesBoaedon virgatus
Boaedon fradei
speciesBoaedon fradei
Boaedon montanus
speciesBoaedon montanus
Seychelles House Snake
speciesBoaedon geometricus
Boaedon angolensis
speciesBoaedon angolensis
Long-lined House Snake
speciesBoaedon longilineatus
Boaedon bocagei
speciesBoaedon bocagei
Boaedon arabicus
speciesBoaedon arabicus
Dark-bellied Housesnake
speciesBoaedon variegatus
Radford's House Snake
speciesBoaedon radfordi
Coastal House Snake
speciesBoaedon littoralis
Central African Lined House Snake
speciesBoaedon paralineatus
Yellow House Snake
speciesBoaedon subflavus
Eastern Congo White-bellied Water Snake
speciesBoaedon upembae
Boaedon branchi
speciesBoaedon branchi
Dotted House Snake
speciesBoaedon maculatus
Lined Water Snake
speciesBoaedon subtaeniatus
Boaedon subniger
speciesBoaedon subniger
Boaedon unicolor
speciesBoaedon unicolor
Boaedon broadleyi
speciesBoaedon broadleyi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 121047.