Boulengerina

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Boulengerina
Boulengerina annulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Elapidae Subfamily: Elapinae Genus: Boulengerina Dollo, 1886

Boulengerina is a genus of elapid snakes known commonly as water cobras. So named because of their semi-aquatic nature. The genus has two recognized species, which are found in central and southern Africa.

Contents 1 Species 2 Geographic distribution 3 References 4 See also

[edit] Species

• Ringed Water Cobra, Boulengerina annulata (Buchholz & Peters, 1876)
• Christy's Water Cobra, Boulengerina christyi (Boulenger, 1904) -

[edit] Geographic distribution

• B. annulata - Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, Burundi, and Zambia.
• B. christyi - Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo.

[edit] References

• Genus Boulengerina at The Reptile Database

[edit] See also

• False water cobra, Hydrodynastes gigas