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Kling's File Snake

Gonionotophis klingi

Classification

Gonionotophis is a genus of snakes, known commonly as African ground snakes and file snakes, in the family Lamprophiidae. The genus is endemic to Central Africa. Species There are three recognized species in the genus: Gonionotophis brussauxi (Mocquard, 1889) – Brussaux's file snake, Mocquard's African ground snake Gonionotophis grantii (Günther, 1863) – Grant's African ground snake, Grant's file snake, savanna lesser file snake Gonionotophis klingi Matschie, 1893 – Kling's file snake, Matschie's African ground snake Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the…

Distribution

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