Black file snake

The black file snake (Gracililima nyassae), also known commonly as the dwarf file snake or the Nyassa file snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Lamprophiinae of the family Lamprophiidae. The species is endemic to Africa.

Black file snake
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Gracililima
Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, J.-F. Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum, 2018
Species:
G. nyassae
Binomial name
Gracililima nyassae
(Günther, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Simocephalus nyassae
    Günther, 1888
  • Gonionotophis degrijsi
    F. Werner, 1906
  • Mehelya nyassae
    — Broadley, 1959
  • Gonionotophis nyassae
    — Kelly et al., 2011
  • Gracililima nyassae
    — Broadley et al., 2018
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