Lamprophiidae
# Lamprophiidae

I Lamprofidi (Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843) sono una famiglia di serpenti, diffusi prevalentemente in Africa.

## Distribuzione e habitat

La famiglia è diffusa prevalentemente nel continente africano, con 18 generi endemici del Madagascar (Alluaudina, Brygophis, Compsophis, Dromicodryas, Elapotinus, Heteroliodon, Ithycyphus, Langaha, Leioheterodon, Liopholidophis, Madagascarophis, Micropisthodon, Mimophis, Pararhadinaea, Parastenophis, Phisalixella, Pseudoxyrhopus e Thamnosophis). Alcune specie (p.es. Malpolon spp., Micrelaps spp., Psammophis spp.) estendono il loro areale all'Europa meridionale, al Medio Oriente e al subcontinente indiano.

## Tassonomia

Tradizionalmente questo raggruppamento veniva considerato una sottofamiglia (Lamprophiinae) della famiglia Colubridae.

Recentemente è stata elevata al rango di famiglia a sé stante, suddivisa a sua volta in 7 sottofamiglie che raggruppano i seguenti generi e specie:

* Sottofamiglia Aparallactinae Bourgeois, 1968
   * Genere Amblyodipsas Peters, 1857
      * Amblyodipsas concolor (Smith, 1849)
      * Amblyodipsas dimidiata (Günther, 1888)
      * Amblyodipsas katangensis De Witte & Laurent, 1942
      * Amblyodipsas microphthalma (Bianconi, 1852)
      * Amblyodipsas polylepis (Bocage, 1873)
      * Amblyodipsas rodhaini (De Witte, 1930)
      * Amblyodipsas teitana (Loveridge, 1936
      * Amblyodipsas unicolor (Reinhardt, 1843)
      * Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata (Roux, 1907)
   * Genere Aparallactus Smith, 1849
      * Aparallactus capensis Smith, 1849
      * Aparallactus guentheri Boulenger, 1895
      * Aparallactus jacksonii (Günther, 1888)
      * Aparallactus lineatus (Peters, 1870)
      * Aparallactus lunulatus (Peters, 1854)
      * Aparallactus modestus (Günther, 1859)
      * Aparallactus moeruensis De Witte & Laurent, 1943
      * Aparallactus niger Boulenger, 1897
      * Aparallactus nigriceps (Peters, 1854)
      * Aparallactus turneri Loveridge, 1935
      * Aparallactus werneri Boulenger, 1895
   * Genere Brachyophis Mocquard, 1888
      * Brachyophis revoili Mocquard, 1888
   * Genere Chilorhinophis Werner, 1907
      * Chilorhinophis butleri Werner, 1907
      * Chilorhinophis carpenteri (Parker, 1927)
      * Chilorhinophis gerardi (Boulenger, 1913)
   * Genere Hypoptophis Boulenger, 1908
      * Hypoptophis wilsonii Boulenger, 1908
   * Genere Macrelaps Boulenger, 1896
      * Macrelaps microlepidotus (Günther, 1860)
   * Genere Micrelaps Boettger, 1880
      * Micrelaps bicoloratus Sternfeld, 1908
      * Micrelaps boettgeri Boulenger, 1896
      * Micrelaps muelleri Boettger, 1880
      * Micrelaps tchernovi Werner, Babocsay, Carmely & Thuna, 2006
      * Micrelaps vaillanti (Mocquard, 1888)
   * Genere Polemon Jan, 1858
      * Polemon acanthias (Reinhardt, 1860)
      * Polemon barthii Jan, 1858
      * Polemon bocourti Mocquard, 1897
      * Polemon christyi (Boulenger, 1903)
      * Polemon collaris (Peters, 1881)
      * Polemon fulvicollis (Mocquard, 1887)
      * Polemon gabonensis (Duméril, 1856)
      * Polemon gracilis (Boulenger, 1911)
      * Polemon griseiceps (Laurent, 1947)
      * Polemon leopoldi (De Witte, 1941)
      * Polemon neuwiedi (Jan, 1858)
      * Polemon notatus (Peters, 1882)
      * Polemon robustus De Witte & Laurent, 1947
   * Genere Xenocalamus Günther, 1868
      * Xenocalamus bicolor Günther, 1868
      * Xenocalamus mechowii Peters, 1881
      * Xenocalamus michellii Müller, 1911
      * Xenocalamus sabiensis Broadley, 1971
      * Xenocalamus transvaalensis Methuen, 1919
* Sottofamiglia Atractaspidinae Günther, 1858
   * Genere Atractaspis Smith, 1849
      * Atractaspis andersonii Boulenger, 1905
      * Atractaspis aterrima Günther, 1863
      * Atractaspis bibronii Smith, 1849
      * Atractaspis boulengeri Mocquard, 1897
      * Atractaspis congica Peters, 1877
      * Atractaspis corpulenta (Hallowell, 1854)
      * Atractaspis dahomeyensis Bocage, 1887
      * Atractaspis duerdeni Gough, 1907
      * Atractaspis engaddensis Haas, 1950
      * Atractaspis engdahli Lönnberg & Andersson, 1913
      * Atractaspis fallax Peters, 1867
      * Atractaspis irregularis (Reinhardt, 1843)
      * Atractaspis leucomelas Boulenger, 1895
      * Atractaspis magrettii Scortecci, 1928
      * Atractaspis microlepidota Günther, 1866
      * Atractaspis micropholis Günther, 1872
      * Atractaspis phillipsi Barbour, 1913
      * Atractaspis reticulata Sjöstedt, 1896
      * Atractaspis scorteccii Parker, 1949
      * Atractaspis watsoni Boulenger, 1908
   * Genere Homoroselaps Jan, 1858
      * Homoroselaps dorsalis (Smith, 1849)
      * Homoroselaps lacteus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Sottofamiglia Lamprophiinae Fitzinger, 1843
   * Genere Boaedon Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
      * Boaedon fuliginosus (Boie, 1827)
      * Boaedon lineatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
      * Boaedon maculatus Parker, 1932
      * Boaedon olivaceus (Duméril, 1856)
      * Boaedon virgatus (Hallowell, 1854)
   * Genere Bothrolycus Günther, 1874
      * Bothrolycus ater Günther, 1874
   * Genere Bothrophthalmus Peters, 1863
      * Bothrophthalmus brunneus Günther, 1863
      * Bothrophthalmus lineatus (Peters, 1863)
   * Genere Chamaelycus Boulenger, 1919
      * Chamaelycus christyi Boulenger, 1919
      * Chamaelycus fasciatus (Günther, 1858)
      * Chamaelycus parkeri (Angel, 1934)
      * Chamaelycus werneri (Mocquard, 1902)
   * Genere Dendrolycus Laurent, 1956
      * Dendrolycus elapoides (Günther, 1874)
   * Genere Gonionotophis Boulenger, 1893
      * Gonionotophis brussauxi (Mocquard, 1889)
      * Gonionotophis capensis (Smith, 1847)
      * Gonionotophis crossi (Boulenger, 1895)
      * Gonionotophis egbensis (Dunger, 1966)
      * Gonionotophis gabouensis (Trape & Mané, 2005)
      * Gonionotophis grantii (Günther, 1863)
      * Gonionotophis guirali (Mocquard, 1887)
      * Gonionotophis klingi Matschie, 1893
      * Gonionotophis laurenti (De Witte, 1959)
      * Gonionotophis nyassae (Günther, 1888)
      * Gonionotophis poensis (Smith, 1849)
      * Gonionotophis savorgnani (Mocquard, 1887)
      * Gonionotophis stenophthalmus (Mocquard, 1887)
      * Gonionotophis unicolor (Boulenger, 1910)
      * Gonionotophis vernayi Bogert, 1940)
   * Genere Hormonotus Hallowell, 1857
      * Hormonotus modestus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
   * Genere Inyoka Kelly et al., 2011
      * Inyoka swazicus (Schaefer, 1970)
   * Genere Lamprophis Fitzinger, 1843
      * Lamprophis abyssinicus Mocquard, 1906
      * Lamprophis aurora (Linnaeus, 1758)
      * Lamprophis capensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1854)
      * Lamprophis erlangeri (Sternfeld, 1908)
      * Lamprophis fiskii Boulenger, 1887
      * Lamprophis fuscus Boulenger, 1893
      * Lamprophis geometricus (Schlegel, 1837)
      * Lamprophis guttatus (Smith, 1843)
   * Genere Lycodonomorphus Fitzinger, 1843
      * Lycodonomorphus bicolor (Günther, 1893)
      * Lycodonomorphus inornatus (Duméril & Bibron, 1854)
      * Lycodonomorphus laevissimus (Günther, 1862)
      * Lycodonomorphus leleupi (Laurent, 1950)
      * Lycodonomorphus rufulus (Lichtenstein, 1823)
      * Lycodonomorphus subtaeniatus Laurent, 1954
      * Lycodonomorphus whytii (Boulenger, 1897)
   * Genere Lycophidion Fitzinger, 1843
      * Lycophidion acutirostre Günther, 1868
      * Lycophidion albomaculatum Steindachner, 1870
      * Lycophidion capense (Smith, 1831)
      * Lycophidion depressirostre Laurent, 1968
      * Lycophidion hellmichi Laurent, 1964
      * Lycophidion irroratum (Leach, 1819)
      * Lycophidion laterale Hallowell, 1857
      * Lycophidion meleagris Boulenger, 1893
      * Lycophidion multimaculatum Boettger, 1888
      * Lycophidion namibianum Broadley, 1991
      * Lycophidion nanus (Broadley, 1958)
      * Lycophidion nigromaculatum (Peters, 1863)
      * Lycophidion ornatum Parker, 1936
      * Lycophidion pembanum (Laurent, 1968)
      * Lycophidion pygmaeum Broadley, 1996
      * Lycophidion semiannule Peters, 1854
      * Lycophidion semicinctum Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
      * Lycophidion taylori Broadley & Hughes, 1993
      * Lycophidion uzungwense Loveridge, 1932
      * Lycophidion variegatum Broadley, 1969
   * Genere Pseudoboodon Peracca, 1897
      * Pseudoboodon boehmei Rasmussen & Largen, 1992
      * Pseudoboodon gascae Peracca, 1897
      * Pseudoboodon lemniscatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
      * Pseudoboodon sandfordorum Spawls, 2004
* Sottofamiglia Prosymninae Kelly, Barker, Villet & Broadley, 2009
   * Genere Prosymna Gray, 1849
      * Prosymna ambigua Bocage, 1873
      * Prosymna angolensis Boulenger, 1915
      * Prosymna bivittata Werner, 1903
      * Prosymna frontalis (Peters, 1867)
      * Prosymna greigerti Mocquard, 1906
      * Prosymna janii Bianconi, 1862
      * Prosymna lineata (Peters, 1871)
      * Prosymna meleagris (Reinhardt, 1843)
      * Prosymna ornatissima Barbour & Loveridge, 1928
      * Prosymna pitmani Battersby, 1951
      * Prosymna ruspolii (Boulenger, 1896)
      * Prosymna semifasciata Broadley, 1995
      * Prosymna somalica Parker, 1930
      * Prosymna stuhlmanni (Pfeffer, 1893)
      * Prosymna sundevalli (Smith, 1849)
      * Prosymna visseri Fitzsimons, 1959
* Sottofamiglia Psammophiinae Dowling, 1967
   * Genere Dipsina Jan, 1862
      * Dipsina multimaculata (Smith, 1847)
   * Genere Hemirhagerrhis Boettger, 1893
      * Hemirhagerrhis hildebrandtii (Peters, 1878)
      * Hemirhagerrhis kelleri Boettger, 1893
      * Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia (Günther, 1864)
      * Hemirhagerrhis viperina (Bocage, 1873)
   * Genere Malpolon Fitzinger, 1826
      * Malpolon insignitus (Geoffroy De St-Hilaire, 1809)
      * Malpolon monspessulanus (Hermann, 1804)
   * Genere Mimophis Günther, 1868
      * Mimophis mahfalensis (Grandidier, 1867)
   * Genere Psammophis Fitzinger, 1826
      * Psammophis aegyptius Marx, 1958
      * Psammophis angolensis (Bocage, 1872)
      * Psammophis ansorgii Boulenger, 1905
      * Psammophis biseriatus Peters, 1881
      * Psammophis brevirostris Peters, 1881
      * Psammophis condanarus (Merrem, 1820)
      * Psammophis crucifer (Daudin, 1803)
      * Psammophis elegans (Shaw, 1802)
      * Psammophis indochinensis (Smith, 1943
      * Psammophis jallae Peracca, 1896
      * Psammophis leightoni Boulenger, 1902
      * Psammophis leithii Günther, 1869
      * Psammophis leopardinus Bocage, 1887
      * Psammophis lineatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
      * Psammophis lineolatus (Brandt, 1836)
      * Psammophis longifrons Boulenger, 1896
      * Psammophis mossambicus Peters, 1882
      * Psammophis namibensis Broadley, 1975
      * Psammophis notostictus Peters, 1867
      * Psammophis orientalis Broadley, 1977
      * Psammophis phillipsi (Hallowell, 1844)
      * Psammophis praeornatus (Schlegel, 1837)
      * Psammophis pulcher Boulenger, 1895
      * Psammophis punctulatus Duméril & Bibron, 1854
      * Psammophis rukwae Broadley, 1966
      * Psammophis schokari (Forskal, 1775)
      * Psammophis sibilans (Linnaeus, 1758)
      * Psammophis subtaeniatus Peters, 1882
      * Psammophis sudanensis Werner, 1919
      * Psammophis tanganicus Loveridge, 1940
      * Psammophis trigrammus Günther, 1865
      * Psammophis trinasalis Werner, 1902
      * Psammophis zambiensis Hughes, 2002
   * Genere Psammophylax Fitzinger, 1843
      * Psammophylax acutus (Günther, 1888)
      * Psammophylax rhombeatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
      * Psammophylax tritaeniatus (Günther, 1868)
      * Psammophylax variabilis Günther, 1893
   * Genere Rhagerhis W.Peters, 1862
      * Rhagerhis moilensis (Reuss, 1834)
   * Genere Rhamphiophis W.Peters, 1854
      * Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus (Reinhardt, 1843)
      * Rhamphiophis rostratus Peters, 1854
      * Rhamphiophis rubropunctatus (Fischer, 1884)
* Sottofamiglia Pseudaspidinae Cope, 1893
   * Genere Pseudaspis Fitzinger, 1843
      * Pseudaspis cana (Linnaeus, 1758)
   * Genere Pythonodipsas Günther, 1868
      * Pythonodipsas carinata Günther, 1868
* Sottofamiglia Pseudoxyrhophiinae Dowling, 1975
   * Genere Alluaudina Mocquard, 1894
      * Alluaudina bellyi Mocquard, 1894
      * Alluaudina mocquardi Angel, 1939
   * Genere Amplorhinus Smith, 1847
      * Amplorhinus multimaculatus Smith, 1847
   * Genere Brygophis Domergue & Bour, 1989
      * Brygophis coulangesi (Domergue, 1988)
   * Genere Compsophis Mocquard, 1894
      * Compsophis albiventris Mocquard, 1894
      * Compsophis boulengeri (Peracca, 1892)
      * Compsophis fatsibe (Mercurio & Andreone, 2005)
      * Compsophis infralineatus (Günther, 1882)
      * Compsophis laphystius (Cadle, 1996)
      * Compsophis vinckei (Domergue, 1988)
      * Compsophis zeny (Cadle, 1996)
   * Genere Ditypophis Günther, 1881
      * Ditypophis vivax Günther, 1881
   * Genere Dromicodryas Boulenger, 1893
      * Dromicodryas bernieri (Duméril & Bibron, 1854)
      * Dromicodryas quadrilineatus (Duméril & Bibron, 1854)
   * Genere Duberria Fitzinger, 1826
      * Duberria lutrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
      * Duberria shirana (Boulenger, 1894)
      * Duberria variegata (Peters, 1854)
   * Genere Elapotinus Jan, 1862
      * Elapotinus picteti Jan, 1862
   * Genere Heteroliodon Boettger, 1913
      * Heteroliodon fohy Glaw, Vences & Nussbaum, 2005
      * Heteroliodon lava Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 2000
      * Heteroliodon occipitalis (Boulenger, 1896)
   * Genere Ithycyphus Günther, 1873
      * Ithycyphus blanci Domergue, 1988
      * Ithycyphus goudoti (Schlegel, 1837)
      * Ithycyphus miniatus (Schlegel, 1837)
      * Ithycyphus oursi Domergue, 1986
      * Ithycyphus perineti Domergue, 1986
   * Genere Langaha Bonnaterre, 1790
      * Langaha alluaudi Mocquard, 1901
      * Langaha madagascariensis Bonaterre, 1790
      * Langaha pseudoalluaudi Domergue, 1988
   * Genere Leioheterodon Boulenger, 1893
      * Leioheterodon geayi (Mocquard, 1905)
      * Leioheterodon madagascariensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1854)
      * Leioheterodon modestus (Günther, 1863)
   * Genere Liophidium Boulenger, 1896
      * Liophidium apperti Domergue, 1984
      * Liophidium chabaudi Domergue, 1984
      * Liophidium maintikibo Franzen, Jones, Raselimanana, Nagy, C'Cruze, Glaw & Vences, 2009
      * Liophidium mayottensis (Peters, 1874)
      * Liophidium pattoni Vieites, Ratsoavina, Randrianiaina, Nagy, Glaw & Vences, 2010
      * Liophidium rhodogaster (Schlegel, 1837)
      * Liophidium therezieni Domergue, 1984
      * Liophidium torquatum (Boulenger, 1888)
      * Liophidium trilineatum Boulenger, 1896
      * Liophidium vaillanti (Mocquard, 1901)
   * Genere Liopholidophis Mocquard, 1904
      * Liopholidophis baderi Glaw, Kucharzewski, Nagy, Hawlitschek & Vences, 2013
      * Liopholidophis dimorphus Glaw, Nagy, Franzen & VenceS, 2007
      * Liopholidophis dolicocercus (Peracca, 1892)
      * Liopholidophis grandidieri Mocquard, 1904
      * Liopholidophis oligolepis Glaw, Kucharzewski, Nagy, Hawlitschek & Vences, 2013
      * Liopholidophis rhadinaea Cadle, 1996
      * Liopholidophis sexlineatus (Günther, 1882)
      * Liopholidophis varius (Fischer, 1884)
   * Genere Lycodryas Günther, 1879
      * Lycodryas carleti (Domergue, 1995)
      * Lycodryas citrinus (Domergue, 1995)
      * Lycodryas cococola Hawlitschek, Nagy & Glaw, 2012
      * Lycodryas gaimardi (Schlegel, 1837)
      * Lycodryas granuliceps (Boettger, 1877)
      * Lycodryas guentheri (Boulenger, 1896)
      * Lycodryas inopinae (Domergue, 1995)
      * Lycodryas inornatus (Boulenger, 1896)
      * Lycodryas maculatus (Günther, 1858)
      * Lycodryas pseudogranuliceps (Domergue, 1995)
   * Genere Madagascarophis Mertens, 1952
      * Madagascarophis colubrinus (Schlegel, 1837)
      * Madagascarophis fuchsi Glaw, Kucharzewski, Köhler, Vences & Nagy, 2013
      * Madagascarophis meridionalis Domergue, 1987
      * Madagascarophis ocellatus Domergue, 1987
   * Genere Micropisthodon Mocquard, 1894
      * Micropisthodon ochraceus Mocquard, 1894
   * Genere Pararhadinaea Boettger, 1898
      * Pararhadinaea melanogaster Boettger, 1898
   * Genere Parastenophis Nagy, Glaw & Vences, 2010
      * Parastenophis betsileanus (Günther, 1880)
   * Genere Phisalixella Nagy, Glaw & Vences, 2010
      * Phisalixella arctifasciata (Duméril & Bibron, 1854)
      * Phisalixella iarakaensis (Domergue, 1994)
      * Phisalixella tulearensis (Domergue, 1995)
      * Phisalixella variabilis (Boulenger, 1896)
   * Genere Pseudoxyrhopus Günther, 1881
      * Pseudoxyrhopus ambreensis Mocquard, 1895
      * Pseudoxyrhopus analabe Nussbaum, Andreone & Raxworthy, 1998
      * Pseudoxyrhopus ankafinaensis Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1994
      * Pseudoxyrhopus heterurus (Jan, 1863)
      * Pseudoxyrhopus imerinae (Günther, 1890)
      * Pseudoxyrhopus kely Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1994
      * Pseudoxyrhopus microps Günther, 1881
      * Pseudoxyrhopus oblectator Cadle, 1999
      * Pseudoxyrhopus quinquelineatus (Günther, 1881)
      * Pseudoxyrhopus sokosoko Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1994
      * Pseudoxyrhopus tritaeniatus Mocquard, 1894
   * Genere Thamnosophis Jan, 1863
      * Thamnosophis epistibes (Cadle, 1996)
      * Thamnosophis infrasignatus (Günther, 1882)
      * Thamnosophis lateralis (Duméril & Bibron, 1854)
      * Thamnosophis martae (Glaw, Franzen & Vences, 2005)
      * Thamnosophis mavotenda (Glaw, Nagy, Köhler, Franzen & Vences, 2009
      * Thamnosophis stumpffi (Boettger, 1881)
* incertae sedis
   * Genere Buhoma Ziegler, Vences, Glaw & Böhme, 1997
      * Buhoma depressiceps (Werner, 1897)
      * Buhoma procterae (Loveridge, 1922)
      * Buhoma vauerocegae (Tornier, 1902)
   * Genere Montaspis Bourquin, 1991
      * Montaspis gilvomaculata Bourquin, 1991
   * Genere Oxyrhabdium Boulenger, 1893
      * Oxyrhabdium leporinum (Günther, 1858)
      * Oxyrhabdium modestum (Duméril, 1853)
   * Genere Psammodynastes Günther, 1858
      * Psammodynastes pictus Günther, 1858
      * Psammodynastes pulverulentus (Boie, 1827)
