Opisthotropis
| Opisthotropis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Natricinae |
| Genus: | Opisthotropis Günther, 1872 |
Opisthotropis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. It contains the following species:
Species
- Opisthotropis alcalai W. Brown & Leviton, 1961 – mountain keelback
- Opisthotropis andersonii (Boulenger, 1888) – Anderson's stream snake
- Opisthotropis annamensis (Bourret, 1934) – Annam keelback
- Opisthotropis ater Günther, 1872
- Opisthotropis balteata (Cope, 1895) – Hainan mountain keelback
- Opisthotropis boonsongi (Taylor & Elbel, 1958) – Boonsong's keelback
- Opisthotropis cheni Zhao, 1999
- Opisthotropis cucae David et al., 2011 (found in Kontum, Vietnam)
- Opisthotropis daovantieni Orlov et al., 1998 – Tien's mountain stream snake
- Opisthotropis guangxiensis Zhao et al., 1978 – Guangxi mountain keelback
- Opisthotropis jacobi Angel & Bourret, 1933 – Chapa mountain keelback
- Opisthotropis kikuzatoi (Okada & Takara, 1958) – Kikuzato's brook snake
- Opisthotropis kuatunensis Pope, 1928 – Chinese mountain keelback
- Opisthotropis lateralis Boulenger, 1903 – Tonkin mountain keelback
- Opisthotropis latouchii (Boulenger, 1899) – Sichuan mountain keelback
- Opisthotropis laui Yang, Sung & Chan, 2013 - Lau's mountain stream snake
- Opisthotropis maculosa Stuart & Chuaynkern, 2007 – yellow-spotted mountain stream snake
- Opisthotropis maxwelli Boulenger, 1914 – Maxwell's mountain keelback
- Opisthotropis praemaxillaris (Angel, 1929) - brown stream snake
- Opisthotropis rugosa (Lidth de Jeude, 1890)
- Opisthotropis spenceri M.A. Smith, 1918 – Spencer’s stream snake or Smith's mountain keelback
- Opisthotropis tamdaoensis Ziegler, David, & Vu, 2008
- Opisthotropis typica (Mocquard, 1890) – olive mountain keelback
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Opisthotropis.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Opisthotropis |
- ↑ Opisthotropis, The Reptile Database
- ↑ Opisthotropis, ITIS
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. (Opisthotropis, new genus, p. 16).
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