Opisthotropis
Encyclopedia
Opisthotropis is a genus
of snake
s in the family Colubridae.
It contains the following species
:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of snake
Snake
Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...
s in the family Colubridae.
It contains the following species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
:
- Opisthotropis alcalai Brown & Leviton, 1961 - mountain keelback
- Opisthotropis andersonii (BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1888) - Anderson's stream snake - Opisthotropis annamensis (Bourret, 1934)
- Opisthotropis ater Günther, 1872
- Opisthotropis balteata (CopeEdward Drinker CopeEdward Drinker Cope was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, Cope distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science; he published his first scientific paper at the age of nineteen...
, 1895) - Hainan mountain keelback - Opisthotropis boonsongi (TaylorEdward Harrison TaylorEdward Harrison Taylor was an American herpetologist from Kansas.He was born in Maysville, Missouri and studied at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, graduating with a B.A. in 1912. Subsequently, he went to the Philippines, where at first he held a teacher's post in a village in central...
& Elbel, 1958) - Boonsong's keelbackBoonsong's KeelbackBoonsong's keelback is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. It is endemic to Thailand. The specific name, boonsongi, commemorates Thai zoologist and conservationist Dr. Boonsong Lekagul.-Source:... - Opisthotropis cheni Zhao, 1999
- Opisthotropis cucae David et al., 2011 (found in KontumKontumKon Tum is the capital town of Kon Tum province in Vietnam. It is located inland in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam, near the borders with Laos and Cambodia....
, VietnamVietnamVietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
) - Opisthotropis daovantieni Orlov et al., 1998
- 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 snakeKikuzato's Brook SnakeKikuzato's brook snake is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. It is endemic to Japan.-Diet:It feeds on earthworms, freshwater shrimp, freshwater fishes, tadpoles, and frogs.-References:...
- Opisthotropis kuatunensis PopeClifford H. PopeCliford Hillhouse Pope was a noted American herpetologist. He was the son of Mark Cooper Pope and Harriett Alexander Pope, and grew up in Washington, Georgia. Shortly after his graduation from the University of Virginia, Pope went to the Tropical Research Station at British Guiana, maintained...
, 1928 - Chinese mountain keelback - Opisthotropis lateralis BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1903 - Tonkin mountain keelback - Opisthotropis latouchii (BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1899) - Sichuan mountain keelback - Opisthotropis maculosa Stuart & Chuaynkern, 2007 - yellow-spotted mountain stream snake
- Opisthotropis maxwelli - Maxwell's mountain keelback
- Opisthotropis praemaxillaris Angel, 1929
- Opisthotropis rugosa (Lidth de Jeude, 1890)
- Opisthotropis spenceri M.A. SmithMalcolm Arthur SmithMalcolm Arthur Smith was a herpetologist and physician working in the Malay Peninsula.-Early life:He was interested in reptiles and amphibians from an early age...
, 1918 - Spencer’s stream snake or Smith's mountain keelbackSmith's Mountain KeelbackSmith's mountain keelback is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.It is endemic to Thailand.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . Downloaded on 28 July 2007.... - Opisthotropis tamdaoensis Ziegler, David, & Vu, 2008
- Opisthotropis typica (Mocquard, 1890) - olive mountain keelback
External sources
- http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=700272
- http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/search.php?submit=Search&exact%5B%5D=genus&genus=Opisthotropis