Sub-Saharan Water Snakes
Lycodonomorphus
Lycodonomorphus is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as African water snakes. They are small, nonvenomous snakes, with all members being endemic to Africa, especially Tanzania.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species
Common Brown Water Snake
speciesLycodonomorphus rufulus
Dusky-bellied Water Snake
speciesLycodonomorphus laevissimus
Mlanje White-bellied Water Snake
speciesLycodonomorphus mlanjensis
Tanganyika Water Snake
speciesLycodonomorphus bicolor
Floodplain Water Snake
speciesLycodonomorphus obscuriventris
Whyte's Water Snake
speciesLycodonomorphus whytii
Congo Dark-bellied Water-Snake
speciesLycodonomorphus leleupi
Lined Water Snake
speciesLycodonomorphus subtaeniatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 29532.