Elapsoidea nigra, also known commonly as the black garter snake or Usambara garter snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae.

It is found in northeastern Tanzania and southeastern Kenya.

[1][2] It is a terrestrial and fossorial snake that inhabits moist evergreen forest at elevations of 300–1,900 m (980–6,230 ft) above sea level.

[1] In 2009 the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species initially rated the species as endangered.

This Elapidae article is a stub.