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the web of life in southern Africa

Subfamily: Natricinae (Old World water 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

Three genera and four species native to southern Africa.

Genera native to southern Africa

Amplorhinus

One species: Amplorhinus multimaculatus (Many-spotted snake, Reed snake).

Amplorhinus multimaculatus (Many-spotted snake, Reed snake)

Natriciteres (Marsh Snakes)

This genus consists of 2 species.

 

Limnophis (Swamp Snake)

Represented by a single species Limnophis bangweolicus (Bangweulu swamp snake, Eastern striped swamp snake)