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Inyoka swazicus (Swazi Rock Snake, Swaziland House Snake)

Synonyms: Lamprophis swazicus

Wikipedia Abstract

Inyoka is a monotypic genus of southern African colubrids. The word "inyoka" is Nguni for "snake". These snakes were previously grouped in the genus Lamprophis but were found to be closer related to Hormonotus; a substantial genetic divergence between them and a 1900 km gap between their geographic ranges meant a new genus was erected for Lamprophis swazicus, the sole species of the new genus.
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Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho Afrotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Malolotja Nature Reserve IV 42044 Swaziland  

External References

Citations

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0