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Bicolored swamp snake

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Kingdom
  
Suborder
  
Serpentes

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Reptilia

Family
  
Natricidae

Genus
  
Limnophis

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

The bicolored swamp snake also known as the striped swamp snake (Limnophis bicolor) is a species of African venomous snake. It is the type species of the genus Limnophis. Their backs are black with a white underbelly.

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Distribution

This species is found:

  • 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.

    References

    Bicolored swamp snake Wikipedia


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