Natriciteres olivacea (Peters, 1854)

Conradie, Werner, Baptista, Ninda L., Verburgt, Luke, Keates, Chad, Harvey, James, Júlio, Timóteo & Neef, Götz, 2021, Contributions to the herpetofauna of the Angolan Okavango-Cuando-Zambezi river drainages. Part 1: Serpentes (snakes), Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 292) 15 (2), pp. 244-278 : 261

Natriciteres olivacea (Peters, 1854)

Olive Marsh Snake ( Fig. 19 , Map 17)

Material: PEM R27373 , Lake Hundo , Moxico Province, -14.97431° 21.62966°, 1,100 m asl. Description: Dorsal scales smooth and in 19 rows at midbody; 140 smooth ventrals; 55 paired subcaudals; 2 preoculars; 3 postoculars; temporals 1+2; supralabials 8, with 4 th and 5 th entering the orbit; infralabials 9, with first five in contact with the anterior chin shield; cloacal scale divided. Female: 431 + 114 mm ( PEM R27373 ). Habitat and natural history notes: A single gravid female was encountered being active at night at the edge of the lake surrounded by Miombo woodland. Comment : This new record represents the first record for Moxico Province and, overall, only the ninth record for Angola ( Marques et al. 2018; Ernst et al. 2020). It is expected to be much more widely distributed, as it occupies habitat similar to that favored by Limnophis bicolor .

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Fig. 19. Natriciteres olivacea from Lake Hundo. Photo by Werner Conradie.