| Higher Taxa | Lamprophiidae (Boaedontini), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Lined Water Snake |
| Synonym | Lycodonomorphus subtaeniatus subtaeniatus LAURENT 1954: 38
Lycodonomorphus subtaeniatus subtaeniatus — LAURENT 1958: 121
Lycodonomorphus subtaeniatus — BROADLEY 1998
Lycodonomorphus subtaeniatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 407
Lycodonomorphus subtaeniatus — GREENBAUM et al. 2015
Boaedon subtaeniatus — TRAPE 2023: 386
Boaedon subtaeniatus — WALLACH 2025
Boaedon subtaeniatus — TIUTENKO et al. 2025 |
| Distribution | N Angola, W/C/S Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Congo (Brazzaville)
Type locality: “Keseki, près de Kwamouth”, Belgian Congo
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: RMCA (= MRAC) (was RGMC) 14864, female; paratypes: RGMC; other type material in MD (Museu Dundo) |
| Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (6353 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Subspecies: Lycodonomorphus subtaeniatus upembae LAURENT 1954 has been elevated to full species and transferred to Boaedon by GREENBAUM et al. 2015. |
| Etymology | Probably named after Latin “sub” (= under) and “taenia” (= ribbon), apparently referring to the two light longitudinal bands found on the throat of this species. |
| References |
- Broadley, D.G. 1998. The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). In: Schmidt, K.P. and Noble, G.K., Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo... [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers]. SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, 780 pp.
- Broadley, Donald G. and F. P. D. Cotterill. 2004. The reptiles of southeast Katanga, an overlooked 'hot spot'. [Congo]. African Journal of Herpetology 53 (1): 35-61. - get paper here
- Ceríaco, Luis M. P.; Mariana P. Marques, Ilunga André, Esteves Afonso, David C. Blackburn & Aaron M. Bauer 2020. ILLUSTRATED TYPE CATALOGUE OF THE “LOST” HERPETOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS OF MUSEU DO DUNDO, ANGOLA. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 162 (7): 379-440 - get paper here
- Chifundera, K. 1990. Snakes of Zaire and their bites. Afr. Stud. Monogr. (Kyoto) 10(3): 137-157.
- Chippaux, Jean-Philippe & Kate Jackson 2019. Snakes of Central and Western Africa. Johns Hopkins University Press, 448 pp. [detaileld review in HR 51 (1): 161] - get paper here
- Greenbaum, Eli; Frank Portillo, Kate Jackson & Chifundera Kusamba 2015. A phylogeny of Central African Boaedon (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), with the description of a new cryptic species from the Albertine Rift. African Journal of Herpetology 64 (1): 18–38 - get paper here
- Laurent, R.F. 1958. Notes herpétologiques africaines II. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 58 (1–2): 115–128
- Laurent, RAYMOND F. 1954. Reptiles et batraciens de la région de Dundo (Angola) (Deuxième note). Companhia de Diamantes de Angola (Diamang), Serviços Culturais, Publicações Culturais, No. 23: 37-84
- Loveridge,A. 1958. Revision of five african snake genera. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 119: 1-198 (141) - get paper here
- Marques, Mariana P.; Luis M. P. Ceríaco , David C. Blackburn , and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola -- Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 65: 1-501 (Supplement II)
- Tiutenko, A., A. Maliuk & C. Koch 2025. Generic affinities of African house snakes revised: a new genus for Lamprophis inornatus (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae: Lamprophiinae: Boaedontini). Salamandra 61 (2): 215-239
- Trape, J.F. & R. ROUX-ESTÈVE 1995. Les serpents du Congo: liste commentée et clé de détermination. Journal of African Zoology 109 (1): 31-50
- 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.
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