# Buhoma

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{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
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| taxon = Buhoma
| authority = [Ziegler](/source/Thomas_Ziegler_(zoologist)), [Vences](/source/Miguel_Vences), [Glaw](/source/Frank_Glaw), & [Böhme](/source/Wolfgang_B%C3%B6hme_(zoologist)), 1997<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ziegler |first1=Thomas |author-link1=Thomas Ziegler (zoologist)|last2=Vences |first2=Miguel |author-link2=Miguel Vences |last3=Glaw |first3=Frank |author-link3=Frank Glaw |last4=Bohme |first4=Wolfgang |author-link4=:de:Wolfgang Böhme (Zoologe) |date=1997 |title=Genital morphology and systematics of ''Geodipsas'' Boulenger, 1896 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new genus |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41272412 |journal=[Revue suisse de Zoologie](/source/Revue_suisse_de_Zoologie) |volume=104 |pages=95–114 |doi=10.5962/bhl.part.79992 |issn=0035-418X|doi-access=free }} (''Buhoma'', new genus, p. 108)).</ref>
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'''''Buhoma''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of snakes in the superfamily [Elapoidea](/source/Elapoidea). The genus is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Africa](/source/Africa).<ref name="RDB">{{EMBL genus|genus=Buhoma}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref>

It was formerly classified in the family [Lamprophiidae](/source/Lamprophiidae), but following the split of that family, the taxonomic placement of ''Buhoma'' remains uncertain.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Search results {{!}} The Reptile Database |url=https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Buhoma&submit=Search |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=reptile-database.reptarium.cz}}</ref>

==Species==
Three [species](/source/species) are recognized as being valid.<ref name=RDB/>
*''[Buhoma depressiceps](/source/Buhoma_depressiceps)'' {{small|([F. Werner](/source/Franz_Werner), 1897)}}<ref>[Werner, Franz](/source/Franz_Werner) (1897). "''Ueber Reptilien und Batrachier aus Togoland, Kamerun und Tunis aus dem kgl. Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin'' ". ''Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlich zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien'' '''47''': 395–407. (''Tropidonotus depressiceps'', new species, p. 402). (in German).</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Werner |first=Franz |date=1899 |title=''Ueber Reptilien und Batrachier aus Togoland, Kamerun und Deutsch-Neu-Guinea grösstentheils aus dem k. Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin'' |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13293874 |journal=Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien |volume=49 |pages=132–157}} (in German).</ref> – pale-headed forest snake
*''[Buhoma procterae](/source/Buhoma_procterae)'' {{small|([Loveridge](/source/Arthur_Loveridge), 1922)}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Loveridge |first=Arthur |author-link=Arthur Loveridge |date=1922 |title=New reptiles from Tanganyika Territory |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32277631 |journal=[Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London](/source/Journal_of_Zoology) |volume=1922 |issue=2 |pages=313–315|doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.1922.tb02143.x }} (''Geodipsas procterae'', new species, p. 313).</ref> – Uluguru forest snake 
*''[Buhoma vauerocegae](/source/Buhoma_vauerocegae)'' {{small|([Tornier](/source/Gustav_Tornier), 1902)}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tornier |first=Gustav |author-link=Gustav Tornier |date=1902 |title=''Herpetologisch Neues aus Ost-Afrika'' |url=https://archive.org/details/zoologischeranze25deut/page/700/mode/2up |journal=[Zoologischer Anzeiger](/source/Zoologischer_Anzeiger) |volume=25 |pages=700–704}} (''Geodipsas vauerocegae'', new species, p. 703). (in German).</ref> – Usambara forest snake

A [binomial authority](/source/Binomial_nomenclature) in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Buhoma''.

==References==
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Category:Alethinophidia
Category:Snake genera
Category:Snakes of Africa
Category:Taxa named by Wolfgang Böhme (herpetologist)
Category:Taxa named by Frank Glaw
Category:Taxa named by Miguel Vences
Category:Taxa named by Thomas Ziegler (zoologist)

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