Buhoma is a genus of snakes in the superfamily Elapoidea. The genus is endemic to Africa. www.reptile-database.org.
It was formerly classified in the family Lamprophiidae, but following the split of that family, the taxonomic placement of Buhoma remains uncertain.
Species Three species are recognized as being valid. Buhoma depressiceps Werner, Franz (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). (in German). – pale-headed forest snake Buhoma procterae (Geodipsas procterae, new species, p. 313). – Uluguru forest snake Buhoma vauerocegae (Geodipsas vauerocegae, new species, p. 703). (in German). – Usambara forest snake
A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Buhoma.
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