Etymology
The Genus, generic name, ''Limaformosa'', is from Latin ''lima'' meaning "file" + ''formosa'' meaning "beautifully formed".Species
There are six recognized species in the genus: www.reptile-database.org. *''Limaformosa capensis'' – Cape file snake *''Limaformosa chanleri'' – unicolor file snake *''Limaformosa crossi'' – species:William Henry Crosse, Crosse's file snake, West African file snakespecies:Bo Beolens, Beolens, Bo; species:Michael Watkins, Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (West African File Snake ''Mehelya crossii'', p. 62). *''Limaformosa guirali'' – Mocquard's file snake *''Limaformosa savorgnani'' – Congo file snake *''Limaformosa vernayi'' – Angolan file snake ''Nota bene'': A Binomial nomenclature, binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Limaformosa''.References
Further reading
*George Albert Boulenger, Boulenger GA (1893). ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part.'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (''Gonionotophis'', new genus, p. 323). *William Roy Branch, Branch, Bill (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (Genus ''Mehelya'', p. 78). *Donald George Broadley, Broadley, Donald G.; species:Krystal A. Tolley, Tolley, Krystal A.; species:Werner Conradie, Conradie, Werner; species:Sarah Wishart, Wishart, Sarah; species:Jean-François Trape, Trape, Jean-François; species:Marius Burger, Burger, Marius; species:Chifundera Kusamba, Kusamba, Chifundera; species:Ange-Ghislain Zassi-Boulou, Zassi-Boulou, Ange-Ghislain; species:Eli Greenbaum, Greenbaum, Eli (2018). "A phylogeny and genus-level revision of the African file snakes ''Gonionotophis'' Boulenger (Squamata: Lamprophiidae)". ''African Journal of Herpetology'' 67 (1): 43–60. (''Limaformosa'', new genus). Lamprophiidae Snake genera {{Snake-stub