''Elapsoidea'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

venomous Venom or zootoxin is a type of toxin produced by an animal that is actively delivered through a wound by means of a bite, sting, or similar action. The toxin is delivered through a specially evolved ''venom apparatus'', such as fangs or a sti ...

elapid Elapidae (, commonly known as elapids ; grc, ἔλλοψ ''éllops'' "sea-fish") is a family of snakes characterized by their permanently erect fangs at the front of the mouth. Most elapids are venomous, with the exception of the genus Emydoceph ...

snake Snakes are elongated, Limbless vertebrate, limbless, carnivore, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other Squamata, squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping Scale (zoology), scales. Ma ...

s commonly known as African garter snakes. Despite the common name, they are unrelated to the harmless

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

garter snake Garter snake is a common name for generally harmless, small to medium-sized snakes belonging to the genus ''Thamnophis'' in the family Colubridae. Native to North and Central America, species in the genus ''Thamnophis'' can be found from the sub ...

species.

Species

The following ten species are recognized as being valid. *'' Elapsoidea boulengeri'' Boettger, 1895 – Boulenger's garter snake Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii +296 pp. . (''Elapsoidea boulengeri'', p. 34; ''E. broadleyi'', p. 39; ''E. guentherii'', p. 110; ''E. laticincta'', p. 282; ''E. loveridgei'', p. 161; ''E. sundevallii'', p. 258). –

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...

Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast ...

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

*''

Elapsoidea broadleyi ''Elapsoidea'' is a genus of venomous elapid snakes commonly known as African garter snakes. Despite the common name, they are unrelated to the harmless North American garter snake species. Species The following ten species are recognized as bei ...

Jakobsen Jakobsen is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Alf E. Jakobsen (born 1952), Norwegian politician * Anna Sofie Jakobsen (1860–1913), Norwegian Christian missionary * Annika Jakobsen (born 1997), Dan ...

, 1997 – Broadley's garter snake –

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

*''

Elapsoidea chelazzii ''Elapsoidea'' is a genus of venomous elapid snakes commonly known as African garter snakes. Despite the common name, they are unrelated to the harmless North American garter snake species. Species The following ten species are recognized as bei ...

Lanza Lanza may refer to: People Surname * Adam Lanza (1992–2012), American spree killer and perpetrator of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting * Alcides Lanza (born 1929), Canadian composer * Andrew Lanza (born 1964), New York State senato ...

, 1979 – Somali garter snake – Somalia *''Elapsoidea guentherii'' José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage, Bocage, 1866 – Albert Günther, Günther's garter snake – Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe *''Elapsoidea laticincta'' (Franz Werner, F. Werner, 1919) – Franz Werner, Werner's garter snake – Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda *''Elapsoidea loveridgei'' Hampton Wildman Parker, Parker, 1949 – Arthur Loveridge, Loveridge's garter snake – Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda *''Elapsoidea nigra'' Albert Günther, Günther, 1888 – black garter snake – Tanzania *''Elapsoidea semiannulata'' Bocage, 1882 – Angolan garter snake – throughout central Africa *''Elapsoidea sundevallii'' (Andrew Smith (zoologist), A. Smith, 1848) – Carl Jakob Sundevall, Sundevall's garter snake – Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe *''Elapsoidea trapei'' species:Youssouph Mané, Mané, 1999 – Senegal garter snake – Senegal ''Nota bene'': A Binomial nomenclature, binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Elapsoidea''.

Species

References

Further reading