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Herald Snakes
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Herald Snakes

Crotaphopeltis

Crotaphopeltis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa and includes both forest- and savanna-associated species. All Crotaphopeltis are terrestrial.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Red-lipped Snake

speciesCrotaphopeltis hotamboeia

Werner's Water Snake

speciesCrotaphopeltis tornieri

Degen’s Herald Snake

speciesCrotaphopeltis degeni

Barotse Water Snake

speciesCrotaphopeltis barotseensis

Ghana Herald Snake

speciesCrotaphopeltis hippocrepis

Tana Herald Snake

speciesCrotaphopeltis braestrupi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 26863.