Bicolored swamp snake

Bicolored swamp snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Natricidae
Genus: Limnophis
Species: L. bicolor
Günther, 18365 [1]
Binomial name
Limnophis bicolor
Synonyms

Glypholycus bicolor Witte, 1933[2]

The bicolored swamp snake[3] also known as the striped swamp snake[4] (Limnophis bicolor) is a species of African venomous snake. It is the type species of the genus Limnophis.[1] Their backs are black with a white underbelly.[1]

Distribution

This species is found:[5]

Subspecies

The variety or subspecies Limnophis bicolor bangweolicus (Mertens, 1936) has been elevated to full species rank as Limnophis bangweolicus.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Günther, Albert (1865). "Fourth account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3) 15: 89–98.
  2. The Reptile Database citing de Witte, Gaston-François (1933). "Reptiles récoltés au Congo Belge par le Dr. H. Schouteden et par M. G.-F. de Witte". Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (C. Zoologie), Series 1 III: 53–100, page 86.
  3. "Limnophis bicolor Günther, 1865". Copenhagen, Denmark: Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
  4. Broadley, Donald G. (1974). "Vernacular Names for Rhodesian Reptiles and Amphibians, Revised Names ... 1". The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 12 (1): 31. doi:10.1080/04416651.1974.9650843.
  5. 1 2 "Limnophis bicolor Günther, 1865". The Retile Dtabase, Zoological Museum Hamburg.


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