Pseudoboodon is a genus of snakes in the family Lamprophiidae. The genus is endemic to Africa..
Species Five species are recognized as being valid. Pseudoboodon abyssinicus Mocquard, 1906 – Abyssinian house snake Pseudoboodon boehmei Rasmussen & Largen, 1992 Pseudoboodon gascae Peracca, 1897 Pseudoboodon lemniscatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) Pseudoboodon sandfordorum Spawls, 2004
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudoboodon.
References
Further reading Peracca MG (1897). "Intorno ad alcuni Ofidii raccolti a Maldi (Eritrea) dal capitano A. Gasca ". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R[egia]. Università di Torino 12 (273): 1-3. (Pseudoboodon, new genus, pp. 1–2; P. gascae, new species, pp. 2–3 + one unnumbered figure). (in Italian).