Bicolored swamp snake

Bicolored swamp snake
Scientific classification
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[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. 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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