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Gonionotophis  Boulenger, 1893
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1081376

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbčnes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyLamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843  
                                     SubfamilyLamprophiinae Fitzinger, 1843  
                                        GenusGonionotophis Boulenger, 1893  
    Direct Children:  
                                           SpeciesGonionotophis brussauxi (Mocquard, 1889) – Mocquard's African Ground Snake 
                                           SpeciesGonionotophis capensis (A. Smith, 1847) – Cape File Snake 
                                           SpeciesGonionotophis chanleri (Stejneger, 1893) – Unicolor File Snake 
                                           SpeciesGonionotophis crossi (Boulenger, 1895) – Crosse's File Snake, African File Snake 
                                           SpeciesGonionotophis egbensis (Dunger, 1966) – Dunger's File Snake 
                                           SpeciesGonionotophis gabouensis (Trape and Mané, 2005) – Gabou File Snake 
                                           SpeciesGonionotophis grantii (Günther, 1863) – Savanna Lesser File Snake 
                                           SpeciesGonionotophis guirali (Mocquard, 1887) – Mocquard's File Snake 
                                           SpeciesGonionotophis klingi Matschie, 1893 – Matschie's African Ground Snake 
                                           SpeciesGonionotophis laurenti (de Witte, 1959)  
                                           SpeciesGonionotophis nyassae (Günther, 1888) – Dwarf File Snake, Black File Snake 
                                           SpeciesGonionotophis poensis (A. Smith, 1849) – Western Forest File Snake 
                                           SpeciesGonionotophis savorgnani (Mocquard, 1887) – Congo File Snake 
                                           SpeciesGonionotophis stenophthalmus (Mocquard, 1887) – Small-eyed File Snake 
                                           SpeciesGonionotophis vernayi (Bogert, 1940) – Angola File Snake 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wallach, Van, Kenneth L. Williams, and Jeff Bundy   
  Publication Date: 2014   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Snakes of the World: a Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species   
  Page(s): 1209   
  Publisher: CRC Press   
  Publication Place: Boca Raton, Florida, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-4822-08474   
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