Natriciteres

Natriciteres
Natriciteres olivacea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Natricinae
Genus:	Natriciteres Loveridge, 1953

Natriciteres is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Species[edit]

The following six species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Natriciteres bipostocularis Broadley, 1962 – southwestern forest marsh snake
• Natriciteres fuliginoides (Günther, 1858) – collared marsh snake
• Natriciteres olivacea (W. Peters, 1854) – olive marsh snake
• Natriciteres pembana (Loveridge, 1935) – variable marsh snake
• Natriciteres sylvatica Broadley, 1966 – forest marsh snake
• Natriciteres variegata (W. Peters, 1861) – variable marsh snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Natriciteres.

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• Loveridge A (1953). "Zoological Results of a Fifth Expedition to East Africa. III. Reptiles from Nyasaland and Tete". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge 110 (3): 141-322 + Plates 1–5. (Natriciteres, new genus, pp. 248–250).