''Hapsidophrys'' is a
genus
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of snakes of the
family
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Colubridae
Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ev ...
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Species
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Hapsidophrys lineatus
''Hapsidophrys lineatus'', the black-lined green snake, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in b ...
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Fischer, 1856 - black-lined green snake
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Hapsidophrys principis
''Hapsidophrys principis'' is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. It was described by George Albert Boulenger in 1906. Boulenger, G.A. (1906). Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa'. Annali di Museo Civico d ...
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(Boulenger, 1906)
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Hapsidophrys smaragdinus
The emerald snake (''Hapsidophrys smaragdinus'') is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.
Geographic range
The snake is found in Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both ...
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(Schlegel, 1837) - emerald snake
References
Hapsidophrys
Snake genera
Taxa named by Johann Gustav Fischer
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