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Elapsoidea guentherii, also known commonly as Günther's garter snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. [2] The species is native to Central Africa . [ 2 ]
The first garter snake to be scientifically described was the eastern garter snake (now Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis), by zoologist and taxonomist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The genus Thamnophis was described by Leopold Fitzinger in 1843 as the genus for the garter snakes and ribbon snakes. [ 2 ]
Elapsoidea loveridgei Parker, 1949 – Loveridge's garter snake [2] – Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda; Elapsoidea nigra Günther, 1888 – black garter snake – Tanzania; Elapsoidea semiannulata Bocage, 1882 – Angolan garter snake – throughout central Africa
Elapsoidea loveridgei, Loveridge's garter snake or East African garter snake, is a species of snake of the family Elapidae. [ 2 ] The snake is found in east Africa.
This species is the only garter snake species with a well-documented tendency to constrict prey, although the constriction is inefficient when compared with the constriction of many other snakes (such as the gopher snake), involving disorganized, loose, and sometimes unstable coils and a longer time required to kill prey.
Elapsoidea sundevallii, also known commonly as Sundevall's garter snake or the African garter snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to Southern Africa . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] There are five recognised subspecies .
Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... the Angolan garter snake, is a species of snake of the family Elapidae. [2]
The red-sided garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) is a subspecies of the common garter snake, in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. [1] This slender subspecies of natricine snake is indigenous to North America and is one of the recognized subspecies of Thamnophis sirtalis .