Grayia (Colubridae)

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Grayiinae
Genus:
Species (5): G. caesar – G. obscura – G. ornata – G. smythii – G. tholloni

Grayia Günther, 1858: 50

• Type species: Grayia silurophaga Günther, 1858, by monotypy.

• Heteronotus Hallowell, 1857: 67 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Heteronotus Laporte de Castelnau, 1832]
  • Type species: Coronella triangularis Hallowell, 1854, by monotypy.
• Glaniolestes Cope in Slack, 1862 [nomen novum pro Heteronotus Hallowell, 1857]
• Lejonotus Jan, 1863: 74
  • Type species: Lejonotus schlegeli Jan, 1863, by monotypy.
• Xenurophis Günther, 1863: 351
  • Type species: Xenurophis caesar Günther, 1863, by monotypy.
• Macrophis Bocage, 1866: 47
  • Type species: Macrophis ornatus Bocage, 1866, by monotypy.

• Hallowell, E. 1857. Notice of a collection of reptiles from the Gaboon country, West Africa, recently presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, by Dr. Henry A. Ford. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9: 48–72. BHL
• Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History): London. xvi + 281 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Slack, J.H. (ed.). 1862. Handbook to the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Academy of Natural Sciences, USA.
• Jan, G. 1863. Elenco sistematico degli ofidi descritti e disegnati per l'Icongrafia générale. A. Lombardi: Milano. vii + 143 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Günther, A. 1863. Third account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 3 12(71): 348–365. BHL Reference page. 
• Bocage, J.V.B. 1866. Lista dos reptis das possessões portuguezas d'Africa occidental que existem no Museu Lisboa. Jornal de Sciências Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes 1: 37–56. BHL

• Boulenger, G.A. 1910. On the ophidian genus Grayia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1909: 944–952. BHL
• Chaney, T., Pauwels, O.S.G., Nagy, Z.T., Gvoždík, V., Kusamba, C., Badjedjea, G., Masudi, F.M., Akuboy, J.B., Ernst, R., Trape, J.-F., Chirio, L., Conradie, W., Keates, C., Wallach, V., Zassi-Boulou, A.-C., Vaughan, E.R. & Greenbaum, E. 2024. Phylogenetics and Integrative Taxonomy of African Water Snakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Grayia). Herpetological Monographs 38(1): 1–52. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-23-00002.1 Reference page. 

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Grayia . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 May 2025.