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African Water Snakes
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African Water Snakes

Grayia

Grayia is a genus of snakes, commonly referred to as African water snakes, in the family Colubridae. The genus, which is native to tropical Africa, is the only genus in the colubrid subfamily Grayiinae.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Smith's African Water Snake

speciesGrayia smithii

Ornate African Water Snake

speciesGrayia ornata

Tholloni's African Water Snake

speciesGrayia tholloni

Caesar's African Water Snake

speciesGrayia caesar

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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 29986.