Elapsoidea

Elapsoidea is a genus of venomous snakes, commonly known as African garter snakes, in the family Elapidae. Despite their common names, they are unrelated to the harmless North American garter snakes of the genus Thamnophis.

==Species== The following ten species are recognized as being valid. Elapsoidea boulengeri Boettger, 1895 – Boulenger's garter snake – Botswana, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe Elapsoidea broadleyi Jakobsen, 1997 – Broadley's garter snake – Somalia Elapsoidea chelazziorum Lanza, 1979 – Somali garter snake – Somalia Elapsoidea guentherii Bocage, 1866 – Günther's garter snake – Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe Elapsoidea laticincta (F. Werner, 1919) – Werner's garter snake – Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda Elapsoidea loveridgei Parker, 1949 – Loveridge's garter snake – Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda Elapsoidea nigra Günther, 1888 – black garter snake – Tanzania Elapsoidea semiannulata Bocage, 1882 – Angolan garter snake – throughout central Africa Elapsoidea sundevallii (A. Smith, 1848) – Sundevall's garter snake – Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe Elapsoidea trapei Mané, 1999 – Senegal garter snake – Senegal, Mauritania