Elapsoidea

Taxobox
name = "Elapsoidea"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Elapidae
subfamilia = Elapinae
genus = "Elapsoidea"
genus_authority = Bocage, 1866

"Elapsoidea" is a genus of venomous elapid snake commonly known as venomous garter snakes or African garter snakes. Despite the name, they are unrelated to the harmless North American garter snake species.

Species

*Broadley's Garter Snake, "Elapsoidea broadleyi" (Jakobsen, 1997) - Somalia
*Somali Garter Snake, "Elapsoidea chelazzii" (Lanza, 1979) - Somalia
*Günther's Garter Snake, "Elapsoidea guentherii" (Bocage, 1866) - Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Cameroon
*Werner's Garter Snake, "Elapsoidea laticincta" (Werner, 1919) - Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Central African Republic, and Cameroon
*Loveridge's Garter Snake, "Elapsoidea loveridgei" (Parker, 1949) - Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Uganda
*Black Garter Snake, "Elapsoidea nigra" (Günther, 1888) - Tanzania
*Angolan Garter Snake, "Elapsoidea semiannulata" (Bocage, 1882) - throughout central Africa
*Sundevall's Garter Snake, "Elapsoidea sundevallii" (Smith, 1848) - South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, and Gambia
*Senegal Garter Snake, "Elapsoidea trapei" (Mane, 1999) - Senegal

References

*EMBL genus|genus=Elapsoidea