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Lycodonomorphus  Fitzinger, 1843
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1081398

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): African Water Snakes [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbčnes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyLamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843  
                                     SubfamilyLamprophiinae Fitzinger, 1843  
                                        GenusLycodonomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 – African Water Snakes  
    Direct Children:  
                                           SpeciesLycodonomorphus bicolor (Günther, 1893) – Tanganyika Water Snake, White-bellied Water Snake 
                                           SpeciesLycodonomorphus inornatus (A. M. C. Duméril, Bibron and A. H. A. Duméril, 1854) – Olive House Snake, Black House Snake 
                                           SpeciesLycodonomorphus laevissimus (Günther, 1862) – Dusky-bellied Water Snake 
                                           SpeciesLycodonomorphus leleupi (Laurent, 1950) – Congo Dark-bellied Water-Snake, Mulanje Water Snake 
                                           SpeciesLycodonomorphus mlanjensis Loveridge, 1953 – Mlanje White-bellied Water-Snake 
                                           SpeciesLycodonomorphus obscuriventris Fitzsimons, 1963 – Floodplain Water Snake 
                                           SpeciesLycodonomorphus rufulus (Lichtenstein, 1823) – Olive-brown Water-Snake, South African Rufous Snake, Common Brown Water Snake 
                                           SpeciesLycodonomorphus subtaeniatus Laurent, 1954 – Eastern Congo White-bellied Water-Snake, Lined Water Snake 
                                           SpeciesLycodonomorphus whytii (Boulenger, 1897) – Whyte's Water-Snake 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wallach, Van, Kenneth L. Williams, and Jeff Bundy   
  Publication Date: 2014   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Snakes of the World: a Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species   
  Page(s): 1209   
  Publisher: CRC Press   
  Publication Place: Boca Raton, Florida, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-4822-08474   
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  Reference for: Lycodonomorphus   
       

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