Limaformosa

Limaformosa is a genus of snakes, commonly known as file snakes, in the family Lamprophiidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.

Limaformosa
Limaformosa capensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Lamprophiidae
Subfamily:	Lamprophiinae
Genus:	Limaformosa Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, J.-F. Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum, 2018

Etymology

The generic name, Limaformosa, is from Latin lima meaning "file" + formosa meaning "beautifully formed".^[1]

Species

There are six recognized species in the genus:^[1]

• Limaformosa capensis (A. Smith, 1847) – Cape file snake
• Limaformosa chanleri (Stejneger, 1893) – unicolor file snake
• Limaformosa crossi (Boulenger, 1895) – Crosse's file snake, West African file snake^[2]
• Limaformosa guirali (Mocquard, 1887) – Mocquard's file snake
• Limaformosa savorgnani (Mocquard, 1887) – Congo file snake
• Limaformosa vernayi (Bogert, 1940) – Angolan file snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Limaformosa.