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Genus: Hemirhagerrhis (bark snakes)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Lepidosauromorpha > Lepidosauria > Squamata > Serpentes (snakes) > Family: Colubridae > Subfamily: Psammophinae

This Genus consists of four species, of these two occur in southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

Hemirhageerrhis nototaenia (Eastern bark snake)

 

Hemirhageerrhis nototaenia (Eastern bark snake)

Hemirhageerrhis viperinus (Viperine bark snake)