@article{fdi:010073126,
  title = {{A} phylogeny and genus-level revision of the {A}frican file snakes {G}onionotophis {B}oulenger ({S}quamata : {L}amprophiidae)},
  author = {{B}roadley, {D}. {G}. and {T}olley, {K}. {A}. and {C}onradie, {W}. and {W}ishart, {S}. and {T}rape, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {B}urger, {M}. and {K}usamba, {C}. and {Z}assi-{B}oulou, {A}. {G}. and {G}reenbaum, {E}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he sub-{S}aharan {A}frican file snake genus {G}onionotophis is currently comprised of 15 species. {H}owever, the concept of this genus has been confounded by morphological and genetic differences between the constituent taxa. {D}ue to the dearth of {DNA} samples, a taxonomic assessment has been impractical to date. {W}e therefore sequenced two mitochondrial and one nuclear marker (16{S}, cyt b, and c-mos) from 45 samples representing ten species of {G}onionotophis to construct a molecular phylogeny using {B}ayesian and likelihood approaches. {F}our divergent and well-supported clades were recovered, including: (1) grantii+brussauxi; (2) poensis+stenophthalmus; (3) nyassae; and (4) capensis, chanleri, crossi, guirali and savorgnani. {B}ased on these results and morphological data, the genus {G}onionotophis is restricted to the first clade, {M}ehelya is resurrected for the species in the second clade, and new genera are described for the remaining two clades.{Z}oo{B}ankurn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:{A}82{CFAD}6-{E}2{E}0-439{E}-90{BB}-9224{E}225426{B}},
  keywords = {clades ; new genera ; reptiles ; sub-{S}aharan {A}frica ; taxonomy ; {AFRIQUE} {SUBSAHARIENNE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}frican {J}ournal of {H}erpetology},
  volume = {67},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {43--60},
  ISSN = {2156-4574},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1080/21564574.2018.1423578},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010073126},
}