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Inyoka
''Inyoka'' is a monotypic genus of southern African colubrids. The word "inyoka" is Nguni for "snake". These snakes were previously grouped in the genus ''Lamprophis'' but were found to be closer related to ''Hormonotus''; a substantial genetic divergence between them and a 1900 km gap between their geographic ranges meant a new genus was erected for ''Lamprophis swazicus'', the sole species of the new genus.〔
==Species==
''Inyoka swazicus'' is commonly known as the Swazi rock snake or Swaziland house snake. It is found in the eastern South Africa and in Swaziland. It inhabits rocky outcrops in grassland and savanna at altitudes of asl. Although listed as a "Lower Risk/Near Threatened" species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN),〔 it is only considered of "Least Concern" in the South African Conservation Assessment of Reptiles in view of its relatively wide distribution and low level of anthropogenic disturbance in its habitat.〔
''Inyoka swazicus'' can grow to a maximum total length of . The head is small, dorso-ventrally flattened, and broader than neck and distinct from it. Eyes are large, protruding, and with vertically elliptical pupil. They are non-venomous.〔Kelly, C.M.R., et al. Molecular systematics of the African snake family ''Lamprophiidae'', Fitzinger, 1843 (''Serpentes'': ''Elapoidea''), with particular focus on the genera ''Lamprophis'', Fitzinger 1843 and ''Mehelya'', Csiki 1903. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. (2010), 〕
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