The bicolored swamp snake also known as the striped swamp snake[4] (Limnophis bicolor) is a species of African venomous snake.[5] It is the type species of the genus Limnophis.[2] Its back is black with a white underbelly.[2]
| Bicolored swamp snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Limnophis |
| Species: | L. bicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Limnophis bicolor | |
| Synonyms | |
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Glypholycus bicolor Witte, 1933[3] | |
Distribution
editThis species is found in the southwest of Angola, northern Botswana, eastern and southern Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Zambia (in the basins of the Okavango and Zambezi), and Zimbabwe.[6]
Subspecies
editThe variety or subspecies Limnophis bicolor bangweolicus (Mertens, 1936) has been elevated to full species rank as Limnophis bangweolicus.[6]
References
edit- ^ Conradie, W. (2021). "Limnophis bicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T120686673A120907463. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T120686673A120907463.en.
- ^ a b c Günther, Albert (1865). "Fourth account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 3. 15 (86): 89–98. doi:10.1080/00222936508681770.
- ^ The Reptile Database citing de Witte, Gaston-François (1933). "Reptiles récoltés au Congo Belge par le Dr. H. Schouteden et par M. G.-F. de Witte". Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (C. Zoologie). Series 1. III: 53–100, page 86.
- ^ Broadley, Donald G. (1974). "Vernacular Names for Rhodesian Reptiles and Amphibians, Revised Names ... 1". The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa. 12 (1): 31. doi:10.1080/04416651.1974.9650843.
- ^ "Limnophis bicolor Günther, 1865". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
- ^ a b "Limnophis bicolor Günther, 1865". The Reptile Database, Zoological Museum Hamburg.
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