Grayia caesar

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Grayiinae
Genus: Grayia
Species:

Grayia caesar (Günther, 1863)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.6.38 (formerly 1843.1.10.7), adult ♀.
• Type locality: “Fernando Po”.

• Xenurophis caesar Günther, 1863: 351 [original combination]
• Grayia caesar — Boulenger, 1915 [subsequent combination]

• 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. 

• 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 caesar. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 February 2020.
• Kusamba, C. & Zassi-Boulou, A.-G. 2020. IUCN: Grayia caesar  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T13265966A13265974. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T13265966A13265974.en. Accessed on 28 July 2025.