Limnophis
Limnophis | |
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Scientific classification | |
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]
References[]
- ^ 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).
Categories:
- Colubrids
- Taxa named by Albert Günther
- Colubrid stubs