Boulengerina

Taxobox
name = "Boulengerina"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Boulengerina annulata"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Elapidae
subfamilia = Elapinae
genus = "Boulengerina"
genus_authority = Dollo, 1886

"Boulengerina" is a genus of elapid snakes known commonly as water cobras. So named because of their semi-aquatic nature. The genus has two recognized species, which are found in central and southern Africa.

Species

*Ringed Water Cobra, "Boulengerina annulata" (Buchholz & Peters, 1876)
*Christy's Water Cobra, "Boulengerina christyi" (Boulenger, 1904) -

Geographic distribution

*"B. annulata" - Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, Burundi, and Zambia.
*"B. christyi" - Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo.

References

*EMBL genus|genus=Boulengerina

See also

* False water cobra, "Hydrodynastes gigas"