{{Short description|Genus of snakes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Hydraethiops | authority = Günther, 1872 | subdivision_ranks = Species }}

'''''Hydraethiops''''' is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Central Africa.

==Species== The genus ''Hydraethiops'' contains two species which are recognized as being valid.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Hydraethiops}}. www.reptile-database.org</ref> *''Hydraethiops laevis'' {{small|Boulenger, 1904}} *''Hydraethiops melanogaster'' {{small|Günther, 1872}} — blackbelly snake

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==Further reading== *Günther A (1872). "Seventh Account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fourth Series'' '''9''': 13-37 + Plates III-VI. (''Hydræthiops'', new genus, p.&nbsp;28; ''H. melanogaster'', new species, p.&nbsp;28 + Plate III, figure G).

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Category:Hydraethiops Category:Snake genera Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther

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