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]
- in the southwest of Angola;
- in northern Botswana;
- in eastern and southern Democratic Republic of Congo;
- in southern Zambia, in the basins of the Okavango and Zambezi;
- in Zimbabwe.
Subspecies
The variety or subspecies Limnophis bicolor bangweolicus (Mertens, 1936) has been elevated to full species rank as Limnophis bangweolicus.[5]
References
- 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Limnophis bicolor Günther, 1865". Copenhagen, Denmark: Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 "Limnophis bicolor Günther, 1865". The Retile Dtabase, Zoological Museum Hamburg.
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