Limnophis

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Limnophis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Natricinae
Genus: Limnophis
Günther, 1865

Limnophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus contains three species.

Geographic range[]

Species of the genus Limnophis are endemic to southern Africa.

Species[]

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

  • (Mertens, 1936)
  • Limnophis bicolor Günther, 1865
  • Conradie, Deepak, Keates, & Gower, 2020

References[]

  1. ^ Genus Limnophis at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading[]

  • Günther A (1865). "Fourth Account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, Third Series 15: 89-98 + Plates II-III. (Limnophis, new genus, p. 96).
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