The bicolored swamp snake also known as the striped swamp snake (Limnophis bicolor) is a species of African venomous snake. It is the type species of the genus Limnophis. Their backs are black with a white underbelly. Distribution This species is found: in the southwest of Angola; in northern Botswana; in eastern and southern Democratic Republic of Congo; in southern Zambia, in the basins of the Okavango and Zambezi; in Zimbabwe. Subspecies The variety or subspecies Limnophis bicolor bangweolicus (Mertens, 1936) has been elevated to full species rank as Limnophis bangweolicus. References Limnophis Reptiles described in 1865 Taxa named by Albert Günther Reptiles of Angola Reptiles of Botswana Reptiles of Zambia Reptiles of Zimbabwe Reptiles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo