Opisthotropis
Opisthotropis kuatunensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Natricinae
Genus: Opisthotropis
Günther, 1872

Opisthotropis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic 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]

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

References

  1. Opisthotropis. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Opisthotropis. ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  3. 1 2 Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Opisthotropis andersonii, p. 8; O. maxwelli, p. 171).

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.


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