Buhoma | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Superfamily: | Elapoidea |
Genus: | Buhoma Ziegler , Vences, Glaw, & Böhme , 1997[1] |
Buhoma is a genus of snakes in the superfamily Elapoidea. The genus is endemic to Africa.[2]
It was formerly classified in the family Lamprophiidae, but following the split of that family, the taxonomic placement of Buhoma remains uncertain.[3]
Three species are recognized as being valid.[2]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Buhoma.