Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris FITZSIMONS, 1963

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Higher Taxa	Lamprophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Floodplain Water Snake
Synonym	Lycodonomorphus whytii obscuriventris FITZSIMONS 1963: 26 Lycodonomorphus whytii obscuriventris — FITZSIMONS 1966 Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris — BRANCH 1993: 1 Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris — BROADLEY 1995 Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris — BROADLEY & BLAYLOCK 2013 Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris — WALLACH et al. 2014: 398 Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris — KEATES et al. 2022
Distribution	S Malawi, Mozambique, SE Zimbabwe, NE South Africa (Broadley 1995), Eswatini Type locality: Ngirivane Windmill, Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa, approx. 24° 20’ S, 31° 40’ E.
Reproduction	oviparous.
Types	Type: DNMNH (= TM) 26665; other specimens: PEM
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Immediately distinguished from L. r. rufulus by the much shorter tail and correspondingly lower number of subcaudals, and the darkened under surface. Close to L. whytii, but differing therefrom on its generally stouter build and dark under surface. (Fitzsimons 1963) Additional details (1580 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Habitat: floodplains Distribution: see map in Keates et al. 2022: 3 (Fig. 1)
Etymology	Named after the collector of the types, “Mr. Alex. White, F.Z.S.” (but still spelled “whytii” in the original description of Boulenger).
References	Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp. Branch, William R. 1993. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 144 S. Broadley, D. & Blaylock 2013. The Snakes of Zimbabwe and Botswana. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 387 pp. [book review in Sauria 35 (2): 59 and Copeia 2014: 388] - get paper here Broadley, D.G. 1995. A small collection of reptiles and amphibians from central and southern Malawi. African Herp News (24): 16-18 - get paper here FitzSimons, V. 1963. A new subspecies of water-snake from Kruger National Park. Koedoe 7: 26-29 - get paper here Fitzsimons, V. 1966. A check-list, with syntopic keys, to the snakes of southern Africa. Annals Transvaal Museum 25 (3): 35-79 - get paper here Keates, C., Conradie, W., Dalu, T., Dondofema, F., Riddel, E. S., & Wasserman, R. J. 2022. Phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic Floodplain water snake, Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris FitzSimons, 1964. Koedoe, 64(1): 9 - get paper here KYLE, KIRSTY JANE; GRAHAM J. ALEXANDER & LOUIS H. DU PREEZ. 2021. Habitat associations, reproduction, and geographical distribution of Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae). Herpetology Notes 14: 865-867 - get paper here Kyle, Kirsty Jane; Graham J. Alexander, Louis H. Du Preez 2021. Habitat associations, reproduction, and geographical distribution of Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae). Herpetology Notes 14: 865-867 - get paper here Pietersen, Darren, Verburgt, Luke & Davies, John 2021. Snakes and other reptiles of Zambia and Malawi. Struik Nature / Penguin Random House South Africa, 376 pp., ISBN 9781775847373 Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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