Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates 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 Afronatrix Biodiversity of the family Colubridae Genus Afronatrix West African Brown Water Snake Afrikanische Schwimmnatter Vestafrikansk Brun Vandsnog 1977 Afronatrix Rossman & Eberle (type species: Tropidonotus anoscopus Cope 1861) Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: Previously included in Natrix (e.g., Malnate 1960). Distribution: As for the single species. Afronatrix anoscopus West African Brown Water Snake Afrikanische Schwimmnatter Vestafrikansk Brun Vandsnog 1861 Tropidonotus anoscopus Cope Natrix anoscopus Malnate 1960 Afronatrix anoscopus Rossman & Eberle 1977 1863 Tropidonotus ferox Günther (Chippaux 2001) Natrix ferox Barbour & Loveridge 1940 1910 Helicops gendrii Boulenger (Chippaux 2001) 1958 Natrix firestonei Taylor & Weyer (Rossman 1976) Distribution: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.