Bicolored swamp snake

Bicolored swamp snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Limnophis
Species:
L. bicolor
Binomial name
Limnophis bicolor
Synonyms

Glypholycus bicolor Witte, 1933[3]

The bicolored swamp snake also known as the striped swamp snake[4] (Limnophis bicolor) is a species of African venomous snake.[5] It is the type species of the genus Limnophis.[2] Its back is black with a white underbelly.[2]

Distribution

This species is found in the southwest of Angola, northern Botswana, eastern and southern Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Zambia (in the basins of the Okavango and Zambezi), and Zimbabwe.[6]

Subspecies

The variety or subspecies Limnophis bicolor bangweolicus (Mertens, 1936) has been elevated to full species rank as Limnophis bangweolicus.[6]

References

  1. ^ Conradie, W. (2021). "Limnophis bicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T120686673A120907463. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T120686673A120907463.en.
  2. ^ a b c 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 (86): 89–98. doi:10.1080/00222936508681770.
  3. ^ 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.
  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. ^ "Limnophis bicolor Günther, 1865". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
  6. ^ a b "Limnophis bicolor Günther, 1865". The Reptile Database, Zoological Museum Hamburg.


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