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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Crotaphopeltis (herald snakes)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Lepidosauromorpha > Lepidosauria > Squamata > Serpentes (snakes) > Family: Colubridae > Subfamily: Colubrinae

Six species of which two are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

Crotaphopeltis barotseensis (Barotse water snake)

 

 

Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Red-lipped snake, Herald snake)

 

Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Red-lipped snake, Herald snake)