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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Elapsoidea (garter 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: Elapidae

Ten species of which four are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

Elapsoidea boulengeri (Zambezi garter snake)

 

Elapsoidea boulengeri (Zambezi garter snake)

Elapsoidea guentheri (Günther's garter snake)

 

 

Elapsoidea semiannulata (Angolan garter snake)

 

 

Elapsoidea sundevallii (Sundvall's garter snake)