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Elapsoidea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Subfamily
  
Elapinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Family
  
Elapidae

Scientific name
  
Elapsoidea

Higher classification
  
Elapidae

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

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Similar
  
Snake, Reptile, Elapidae, Aspidelaps, Pseudohaje

Long tailed garter snake elapsoidea sundevalli longicauda


Elapsoidea is a genus of venomous elapid snakes commonly known as venomous garter snakes or African garter snakes. Despite the common names, they are unrelated to the harmless North American garter snake species.

Contents

Elapsoidea Elapsoidea boulengeri The Reptile Database

Vivarium elapsoidea 19 juillet 2015


Species

The following nine species are recognized.

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  • Elapsoidea broadleyi Jakobsen, 1997 — Broadley's garter snake — Somalia
  • Elapsoidea chelazzii Lanza, 1979 — Somali garter snake — Somalia
  • Elapsoidea guentherii Bocage, 1866 — Günther's garter snake — Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Cameroon
  • Elapsoidea laticincta (F. Werner, 1919) — Werner's garter snake — Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Central African Republic, and Cameroon
  • Elapsoidea loveridgei Parker, 1949 — Loveridge's garter snake — Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Uganda
  • Elapsoidea nigra Günther, 1888 — black garter snake — Tanzania
  • Elapsoidea semiannulata Bocage, 1882 — Angolan garter snake — throughout central Africa
  • Elapsoidea sundevallii (A. Smith, 1848) — Sundevall's garter snake — South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, and Gambia
  • Elapsoidea trapei Mane, 1999 — Senegal garter snake — Senegal

    • Elapsoidea Elapsoidea sundevalli Sundevall39s garter snake

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

    Elapsoidea Elapsoidea nigra The Reptile Database

    Elapsoidea SAReptiles View topic Elapsoidea boulengeri clutch

    Elapsoidea Elapsoidea sundevallii

    References

    Elapsoidea Wikipedia
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