Hormonotus

Hormonotus is a genus of snakes. At present, this genus is monotypic, as there is only one commonly accepted species in it, Hormonotus modestus, commonly known as the Uganda house snake or yellow forest snake. It is widespread in tropical Africa.^[1] Its sister taxon is Inyoka swazicus, the Swazi rock snake.^[2]

Hormonotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Lamprophiidae
Subfamily:	Lamprophiinae
Genus:	Hormonotus Hallowell, 1857
Species:	H. modestus
Binomial name
Hormonotus modestus (Duméril, Bibron, and Auguste Duméril, 1854)
Synonyms
Lamprophis modestus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 Boodon modestus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) Boodon vossii Fischer, 1888 Dipsas modestus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) Heterolepis glaber Jan, 1862 Hormonotus audax Hallowell, 1857

Distribution

The snake is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Republic of Congo (RoC − Brazzaville), Gabon, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda and some other parts of Africa.^[3]