Grayia (snake)

Grayia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Grayiinae[1][2]
Genus: Grayia
Günther, 1858[2]
Species

4, see article.

Grayia is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as African water snakes.

Etymology

The generic name, Grayia, is in honor of British herpetologist John Edward Gray.[3]

Species

The following four species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Grayia.

References

  1. 1 2 "Grayia ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 1 2 "Grayia ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Serpentes/colubroidea/colubridae/grayiinae.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Genus Grayia, p. 107).

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