Opisthotropis Explained

Opisthotropis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is native to Southeast Asia and South China.

Species

The genus Opisthotropis contains the following 25 species which are recognized as being valid, listed alphabetically by scientific name.^{[1] [2]}

• Opisthotropis alcalai – Gary's mountain keelback
• Opisthotropis andersonii – Anderson's stream snake^[3]
• Opisthotropis atra
• Opisthotropis cheni
• Opisthotropis cucae (found in Kontum, Vietnam) – Cuc's mountain snake
• Opisthotropis daovantieni – Tien's mountain stream snake
• Opisthotropis durandi – Durand's mountain stream snake
• Opisthotropis guangxiensis – Guangxi mountain keelback
• Opisthotropis haihaensis – Hai Ha mountain stream keelback
• Opisthotropis hungtai – Hung-Ta Chang's mountain keelback
• Opisthotropis jacobi – Chapa mountain keelback
• Opisthotropis kikuzatoi – Kikuzato's brook snake
• Opisthotropis kuatunensis – Chinese mountain keelback
• Opisthotropis lateralis – Tonkin mountain keelback
• Opisthotropis latouchii – Sichuan mountain keelback
• Opisthotropis laui - Lau's mountain stream snake
• Opisthotropis maculosa – yellow-spotted mountain stream snake
• Opisthotropis maxwelli – Maxwell's mountain keelback^[3]
• Opisthotropis rugosa – Sumatran stream snake
• Opisthotropis shenzhenensis – Shenzhen mountain stream snake
• Opisthotropis spenceri
• Opisthotropis tamdaoensis
• Opisthotropis typica – olive mountain keelback
• Opisthotropis voquyi – Vo Quy's mountain stream keelback
• Opisthotropis zhaoermii – Zhao's mountain stream snake

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Opisthotropis.

Further reading

• Günther A (1872). "Seventh Account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fourth Series 9: 13–37. (Opisthotropis, new genus, p. 16).
• Yang J-H, Wang Y-Y, Zhang B, Lau MW-N, Chou WH (2011). "Revision of the diagnostic characters of Opisthotropis maculosa Stuart and Chuaynkern, 2007 with notes on its distribution and variation, and a key to the genus Opisthotropis (Squamata: Natricidae)". Zootaxa 2785: 61–68.

Notes and References

1. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?submit=Search&exact%5B0%5D=genus&genus=Opisthotropis Opisthotropis
2. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=700272 Opisthotropis
3. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]