Afronatrix anoscopus

Afronatrix anoscopus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Holotype: ANSP 6639.

Type locality: “Cuba” (in error), corrected to “probably Liberia” by Loveridge (1941: 118).

Cope, E.D. 1861. Contributions to the Ophiology of Lower California, Mexico and Central America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 292–306. BHL Reference page.
Loveridge, A. 1941. Report on the Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition’s collection of reptiles and amphibians from Liberia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 91(3128): 113–140.

Rossman, D.A. & Eberle, W.G. 1977. Partition of the genus Natrix, with preliminary observations on evolutionary trends in natricine snakes. Herpetologica 33(1): 34–43. JSTOR Reference page.

Rödel, M.-O. & LeBreton, M. 2010. IUCN: Afronatrix anoscopus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176328A7219480. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176328A7219480.en

English: African Brown Water Snake

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