Elapsoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Genus: Elapsoidea
Species (10): E. boulengeri – E. broadleyi – E. chelazzii – E. guentherii – E. laticincta – E. loveridgei – E. nigra – E. semiannulata – E. sundevallii – E. trapei
Name

Elapsoidea Bocage, 1866
References
Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Elapsoidea . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 May 2021.

Vernacular names
English: African Garter Snakes

Elapsoidea is a genus of venomous elapid snakes commonly known as venomous garter snakes or African garter snakes. Despite the common names, they are unrelated to the harmless North American garter snake species.
Species

The following ten species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Elapsoidea boulengeri Boettger, 1895 – Boulenger's garter snake[2] – Botswana, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Elapsoidea broadleyi Jakobsen, 1997 – Broadley's garter snake[2] – Somalia
Elapsoidea chelazzii Lanza, 1979 – Somali garter snake – Somalia
Elapsoidea guentherii Bocage, 1866 – Günther's garter snake[2] – Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Elapsoidea laticincta (F. Werner, 1919) – Werner's garter snake[2] – Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda
Elapsoidea loveridgei Parker, 1949 – Loveridge's garter snake[2] – 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[2] – Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Elapsoidea trapei Mane, 1999 – Senegal garter snake – Senegal

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Elapsoidea.
References

Genus Elapsoidea at The Reptile Database

Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii +296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Elapsoidea boulengeri, p. 34; E. broadleyi, p. 39; E. guentherii, p. 110; E. laticincta, p. 282; E. loveridgei, p. 161; E. sundevallii, p. 258).

Further reading

Bocage JVB (1866). "Reptiles nouveaux ou peu connus recueillis dans les possessions portugaises de l'Afrique occidentale, qui se trouvent au Muséum de Lisbonne ". Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicas e Naturales, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa 1: 57–78. (Elapsoidea, new genus, p. 70). (in French).
Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Elapsoidea, p. 104).