Bicolored swamp snake

The bicolored swamp snake also known as the striped swamp snake^[4] (Limnophis bicolor) is a species of African venomous snake.^[5] It is the type species of the genus Limnophis.^[2] Its back is black with a white underbelly.^[2]

Bicolored swamp snake
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Limnophis
Species:	L. bicolor
Binomial name
Limnophis bicolor Günther, 1865 [2]
Synonyms
Glypholycus bicolor Witte, 1933[3]

Distribution

This species is found in the southwest of Angola, northern Botswana, eastern and southern Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Zambia (in the basins of the Okavango and Zambezi), and Zimbabwe.^[6]

Subspecies

The variety or subspecies Limnophis bicolor bangweolicus (Mertens, 1936) has been elevated to full species rank as Limnophis bangweolicus.^[6]