title: Lamprophiidae
text: # 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)
  