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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Colubridae
Bibliography of the genus Natriciteres
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Natriciteres

African Marsh Snakes

Afrikanische Sumpfnattern

Afrikanske Sumpsnoge

1877 Neusterophis Peters [not Neusterophis Günther 1863 (Serpentes)] (type species: Neusterophis atratus Peters 1877)
1953 Natriciteres Loveridge (type species: Coronella olivacea Peters 1854)
Contents: 6 species, of which 1 (16.7%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: SubSaharan Africa.
Reported from: Angola (incl. Cabinda), Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko, Rio Muni), Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania (incl. Mafia, Pemba, Zanzibar), Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Natriciteres bipostocularis

Southwestern Forest Marsh Snake

Südwestliche Sumpfnatter

Sydvestlig Sumpsnog

1962 Natriciteres olivacea bipostocularis Broadley
Natriciteres variegata bipostocularis Broadley 1966
Natriciteres bipostocularis Broadley & Cotterill 2004

Distribution: Angola, Congo-Kinshasa, Zambia.


Natriciteres fuliginoides

Collared Marsh Snake, Brown Marsh Snake

Halsband-Sumpfnatter

Halsbånd-sumpsnog

1858 Coronella fuliginoides Günther
Tropidonotus fuliginoides Boulenger 1893
Natrix fuliginoides Angel 1933
Neusterophis fuliginoides Bogert 1940
Natriciteres fuliginoides Loveridge 1953
1863 Mizodon longicauda Günther (Mertens 1964)
Coronella longicauda Mocquard 1887

Remarks: Records from Burkina Faso and Niger (e.g., Roman 1980, 1984) are based on misidentified olivacea (Trape & Mané 2006a; Trape & Mané 2015).
Distribution: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko, Rio Muni), Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo.


Natriciteres olivacea

Olive Marsh Snake, Collarless Marsh Snake, Olive Grass Snake, Black-backed Grass Snake, Black-backed Water Snake, (Common Water Snake, Olive Water Snake)

Olivfarbige Sumpfnatter

Brun Sumpsnog

1854 Coronella olivacea Peters
Tropidonotus olivaceus Boulenger 1893
Natrix olivacea Cott 1928
Neusterophis olivaceus Bogert 1940
Natriciteres olivacea Loveridge 1953
1860 Coronella dumerilii Günther (Broadley 1983)
1863 Enicognathus punctatostriatus Jan (Broadley 1983)
1877 Neusterophis atratus Peters (Broadley 1983)
1886 Grayia giardi Dollo (Broadley 1983)
1935 Natrix olivacea uluguruensis Loveridge (Broadley & Howell 1991)
Neusterophis olivaceus uluguruensis Bogert 1940
Natriciteres olivacea uluguruensis Loveridge 1957

Other common names:
uluguruensis: Montane Marsh Snake
Remarks: Previously included bipostocularis. Reports from Sierra Leone (e.g., Aylmer 1922) need confirmation (Trape & Baldé 2014).
Distribution: Angola (incl. Cabinda), Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania (incl. Mafia, Zanzibar), Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.


Natriciteres pembana

Pemba Marsh Snake, Dwarf Marsh Snake

Pemba-Sumpfnatter

Pemba-sumpsnog

1935 Natrix olivacea pembana Loveridge
Natriciteres olivacea pembana Loveridge 1957
Natriciteres variegata pembana Broadley & Howell 1991
Natriciteres pembana Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002

Distribution: Tanzania (Pemba).


Natriciteres sylvatica

Eastern Forest Marsh Snake, (Forest Marsh Snake)

Östliche Sumpfnatter

Østlig Sumpsnog

1966 Natriciteres variegata sylvatica Broadley
Natriciteres sylvatica Spawls, Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2002

Distribution: Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.


Natriciteres variegata

Variable Marsh Snake, Variegated Marsh Snake, (Forest Marsh Snake)

Bunte Sumpfnatter

Broget Sumpsnog

1861 Mizodon variegatus Peters
Tropidonotus variegatus Boulenger 1893
Neusterophis variegatus Loveridge 1941
Natriciteres variegata Loveridge 1958

Remarks: Previously included bipostocularis, pembana and sylvatica. Records from Gabon (Frétey & Blanc 2004; Hughes 2017) were based on fuliginoides (Pauwels & Sallé 2009; Pauwels, Braun, Brum, Carlino, Chirio, Glaizot, Meirte, Morelle & Royauté 2017).
Distribution: Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Kinshasa, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo.