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Bofa erlangeri
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Lamprophiidae
Genus:	Bofa; Tiutenko, Koch, Pabijan & Zinenko, 2022
Species:	B. erlangeri
Binomial name
	Bofa erlangeri; (Sternfeld, 1908)
Synonyms
	Boodon erlangeri ; Sternfeld, 1908; Boaedon erlangeri ; — Meirte, 1982; Lamprophis erlangeri ; — Nečas, 1997; Boaedon erlangeri ; — Wallach et al., 2014; Bofa erlangeri ; — Tiutenko et al., 2022;

Bofa erlangeri, also known commonly as the Ethiopian house snake, is a species of snake in the family Lamprophiidae. The species is endemic to Ethiopia.^[1]

Taxonomy

Bofa erlangeri is the only species in the genus Bofa.^[1]

The specific name, erlangeri, is in honor of German ornithologist Carlo von Erlanger, who was one of the collectors of the holotype.^[2]^[3]

Bofa erlangeri is found in the central plateau of Ethiopia.

The preferred natural habitat of B. erlangeri is forest, at altitudes of 800–2,800 m (2,600–9,200 ft), and it has also been found in farmland.

Bofa erlangeri may attain a total length (including tail) of 1.2 m (3.9 ft).

Bofa erlangeri preys upon rodents.

Bofa erlangeri is oviparous.^[1]

1 2 3 4 Bofa erlangeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 August 2019.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lamprophis erlangeri, p. 85).
↑ Sternfeld R (1908).

Largen MJ, Spawls S (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. ISBN 978-3899734669. (Lamprophis erlangeri, p. 467).
Nečas P (1997). "Five endemic montane snakes from Ethiopia". Reptile & Amphibian Magazine 49: 58–65. (Lamprophis erlangeri, new combination).
Sternfeld R (1908). "Neue und ungenügend bekannte afrikanische Schlangen ". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 4: 92–95. (Boodon erlangeri, new species, p. 92). (in German).
Tiutenko A, Koch C, Pabijan M, Zinenko O (2022). "Generic affinities of African house snakes revised: a new genus for Boodon erlangeri (Serpentes: Elapoidea: Lamprophiidae: Lamprophiinae)". Salamandra 58 (4): 235–262. (Bofa, new genus, p. 240; Bofa erlangeri, new combination, p. 241).
Wallach V, Williams KL, Boundy J (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, London, New York: CRC Press, an Imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group. 1,237 pp. ISBN 978-1482208474. (Boaedon erlangeri, p. 95).