Limnophis branchi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Limnophis
Species: Limnophis branchi

Name

Limnophis branchi Conradie, Deepak, Keates & Gower, 2020

• Holotype: PEM R19474, adult ♂, collected by a local fisherman and presented to W. Conradie and W.R. Branch on 4 May 2011.
• Type locality: “Luele River area north of Lagoa Carumbo (−7.75308°, 19.95686°, 788 m asl), Lunda Norte Province, Angola”.

References

Primary references

• Conradie, W., Deepak, V., Keates, C. & Gower, D.J. 2020. Kissing cousins: a review of the African genus Limnophis Günther, 1865 (Colubridae: Natricinae), with the description of a new species from north-eastern Angola. African Journal of Herpetology 69(1): 79–17. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2020.1782483 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Limnophis branchi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 January 2023.