Mehelyas
Mehelya
Mehelya is a genus name of snakes native to Africa. Some species formerly assigned to the genus Mehelya are now found in the genera Gonionotophis, Gracililima, or Limaformosa. They are collectively called file snakes due to their unusually small but strongly keeled scales, giving them the impression of a file. They are not venomous.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Western Forest File Snake
speciesMehelya poensis
Small-eyed File Snake
speciesMehelya stenophthalmus
Congo File Snake
speciesMehelya laurenti
Dunger's File Snake
speciesMehelya egbensis
Gabou File Snake
speciesMehelya gabouensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 964797.