African Garter Snakes
Elapsoidea
Elapsoidea is a genus of venomous snakes, commonly known as African garter snakes, in the family Elapidae. Despite their common names, they are unrelated to the harmless North American garter snakes of the genus Thamnophis.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species
Highveld Garter Snake
speciesElapsoidea sundevallii
Boulenger's Garter Snake
speciesElapsoidea boulengeri
East African Garter Snake
speciesElapsoidea loveridgei
Angolan Garter Snake
speciesElapsoidea semiannulata
Black Garter Snake
speciesElapsoidea nigra
Werner's Garter Snake
speciesElapsoidea laticincta
Günther’s Garter Snake
speciesElapsoidea guentherii
Elapsoidea trapei
speciesElapsoidea trapei
Southern Somali Garter Snake
speciesElapsoidea chelazziorum
Elapsoidea broadleyi
speciesElapsoidea broadleyi
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 30653.