Grayia smythii

Grayia smythii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Grayiinae
Genus: Grayia
Species: Grayia smythii

Name

Grayia smythii (Leach, 1818)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.1.67, ♀, collected by J. Cranch [Tuckey Expedition] in 1816.
• Type locality: “near Embomma [=Boma]”, Republic Democratic of Congo.

Combinations

• Coluber smythii Leach, 1818: 409 [original combination]
• Grayia smythii — Boulenger, 1894 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Leach, W.E. 1818. Appendix No. IV. A general Notice of the Animals taken by Mr. John Cranch, during the Expedition to find the Source of the River Zaire. Pp. 407–419 In Tuckey & Smith. Narrative of an expedition to explore the river Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816. J. Murray: London. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Chaney, T., Pauwels, O.S.G., Nagy, Z.T., Gvoždík, V., Kusamba, C., Badjedjea, G., Masudi, F.M., Akuboy, J.B., Ernst, R., Trape, J.-F., Chirio, L., Conradie, W., Keates, C., Wallach, V., Zassi-Boulou, A.-C., Vaughan, E.R. & Greenbaum, E. 2024. Phylogenetics and Integrative Taxonomy of African Water Snakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Grayia). Herpetological Monographs 38(1): 1–52. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-23-00002.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Grayia smithii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 February 2020.
• Luiselli, L., Branch, W.R., Wagner, P., Safari, I. & Chenga, J. 2021. IUCN: Grayia smythii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T13265994A13266003. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13265994A13266003.en. Accessed on 11 May 2023.

Vernacular names

• English: Smith's African Water Snake