Natriciteres

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Natriciteres
Natriciteres olivacea.jpg
Natriciteres olivacea
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Natricinae
Genus: Natriciteres
Loveridge, 1953

Natriciteres is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Species[]

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

  • Broadley, 1962 – southwestern forest marsh snake
  • (Günther, 1858) – collared marsh snake
  • Natriciteres olivacea (W. Peters, 1854) – olive marsh snake
  • (Loveridge, 1935) – variable marsh snake
  • Broadley, 1966 – forest marsh snake
  • (W. Peters, 1861) – variable marsh snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Natriciteres.

References[]

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

Further reading[]

  • Loveridge A (1953). "Zoological Results of a Fifth Expedition to East Africa. III. Reptiles from Nyasaland and Tete". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge 110 (3): 141-322 + Plates 1–5. (Natriciteres, new genus, pp. 248–250).
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