Hormonotus Hallowell, 1857

Marques, Mariana P., Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Blackburn, David C. & Bauer, Aaron M., 2018, Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840 - 2017), Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 65, pp. 1-501 : 387

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13159758
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scientific name	Hormonotus Hallowell, 1857
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Genus Hormonotus Hallowell, 1857 View in CoL

Hormonotus modestus ( Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854) View in CoL UGANDA HOUSE SNAKE

Lamprophis modestus Duméril, Bibron and Duméril 1854:429 View in CoL . Holotype: RMNH 304 About RMNH (collector H.S. Pel). Type locality: “côte de Guinée,” restricted to “Dabocrom, Ghana ” fide Hughes and Barry (1969:1015).

Hormonotus modestus View in CoL : Boulenger (1896:617, 1915:204), Parker (1936:125), Loveridge (1957:253), Spwals et al. (2004:329), Chirio and LeBreton (2007:450), Wallach et al. (2014:331).

Global conservation status (IUCN): Not Evaluated.

Global distribution: The species is widespread in tropical West and Equatorial Africa from Guinea to Uganda and southwestern Kenya and into Angola.

Ocurrences in Angola (Map 351): The species is only known from northwestern Angola. Cabinda: “Mouth of the Loango” [-5.15000, 12.16667] ( Boulenger 1896:617). Kwanza Sul: “Congulu” [-10.86667, 14.28333] ( Parker 1936:125).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Squamata
Family	Lamprophiidae