Bofa erlangeri explained

Bofa erlangeri, also known commonly as the Ethiopian house snake, is a species of snake in the family Lamprophiidae. The species is endemic to Ethiopia.

Taxonomy

B. erlangeri is the only species in the genus Bofa.

Etymology

The specific name, erlangeri, is in honor of German ornithologist Carlo von Erlanger, who was one of the collectors of the holotype.^{[1] [2]}

Geographic range

B. erlangeri is found in the central plateau of Ethiopia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of B. erlangeri are forest and grassland, at altitudes of, and it has also been found in farmland.

Description

B. erlangeri may attain a total length (including tail) of .

Diet

B. erlangeri preys upon rodents.

Reproduction

B. erlangeri is oviparous.

Further reading

• Largen MJ, Spawls S (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. . (Lamprophis erlangeri, p. 467).
• Nečas P (1997). "Five endemic montane snakes from Ethiopia". Reptile & Amphibian Magazine 49: 58–65. (Lamprophis erlangeri, new combination).
• Sternfeld R (1908). "Neue und ungenügend bekannte afrikanische Schlangen ". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 4: 92–95. (Boodon erlangeri, new species, p. 92). (in German).
• Tiutenko A, Koch C, Pabijan M, Zinenko O (2022). "Generic affinities of African house snakes revised: a new genus for Boodon erlangeri (Serpentes: Elapoidea: Lamprophiidae: Lamprophiinae)". Salamandra 58 (4): 235–262. (Bofa, new genus, p. 240; Bofa erlangeri, new combination, p. 241).
• Wallach V, Williams KL, Boundy J (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, London, New York: CRC Press, an Imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group. 1,237 pp. . (Boaedon erlangeri, p. 95).

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]
2. [Richard Sternfeld|Sternfeld R]