Lycodonomorphus

Lycodonomorphus
The Brown Watersnake, Lycodonomorphus rufulus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Boodontinae
Genus: Lycodonomorphus
(Lichtenstein, 1823)[1]
Species

7 recognized species, see below.

Lycodonomorphus is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as African water snakes. They are small, nonvenomous snakes, with all members being endemic to Africa, especially Tanzania.[2]

Species


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References

  1. EOL.org (Retrieved Mar. 22, 2010)
  2. GBIF.org (Retrieved Mar. 22, 2010)
  3. 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), doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.010
  4. JCVI.org (Retrieved Mar. 22, 2010)
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