Small Forest Snakes
Buhoma
Buhoma is a genus of snakes in the superfamily Elapoidea. The genus is endemic to Africa.
It was formerly classified in the family Lamprophiidae, but following the split of that family, the taxonomic placement of Buhoma remains uncertain.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Pale-headed forest snake
speciesBuhoma depressiceps
Usambara forest snake
speciesBuhoma vauerocegae
Uluguru Forest Snake
speciesBuhoma procterae
Marlier's Forest Snake
speciesBuhoma marlieri
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 27559.