Gonionotophis is a genus of snakes, known commonly as African ground snakes and file snakes, in the family Lamprophiidae. The genus is endemic to Central Africa.
species occur in Nigeria. Of these only two are endemic to the country: Gonionotophis egbensis, a file snake, and Tricheilostoma greenwelli, a threadsnake...
genus Gracililima. The species was previously placed in the genera Gonionotophis, Mehelya, and Simocephalus. The generic name, Gracililima is from Latin...
(2018). "A phylogeny and genus-level revision of the African file snakes Gonionotophis Boulenger (Squamata: Lamprophiidae)". African Journal of Herpetology...
formerly assigned to the genus Mehelya are now found in the genera Gonionotophis, Gracililima, or Limaformosa. They are collectively called file snakes...
(Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Gonionotophis, new genus, p. 323). Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and...
commemorated in the scientific name of a species of African snake, Gonionotophis grantii. Desmond A. Huxley: vol 1 The Devil's disciple, vol 2 Evolution's...
Genus Chamaelycus Genus Dendrolycus - Cameroon rainforest snake Genus Gonionotophis Genus Gracililima - black file snake Genus Hormonotus Genus Inyoka Genus...
banded snakes) Dendrolycus Laurent, 1956 (Cameroon rainforest snake) Gonionotophis Boulenger, 1893 (African File Snakes; including the former genus Mehelya)...