African brown water snake

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African brown water snake
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Afronatrix
Rossman & Eberle, 1977
Species:
A. anoscopus
Binomial name
Afronatrix anoscopus
(Cope, 1861)

The African brown water snake (Afronatrix anoscopus) is a snake in the family Colubridae . [2]

It is found in Africa. [1] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Segniagbeto, G.; Luiselli, L.; Rödel, M.-O. (2021). "Afronatrix anoscopus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T176328A13292405. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176328A13292405.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Afronatrix at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
  3. Afronatrix anoscopus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.