Trimerodytes
Trimerodytes is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to East Asia and Southeast Asia.
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Trimerodytes percarinatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Subfamily: | Natricinae |
Genus: | Trimerodytes Cope, 1895 |
Synonyms | |
Sinonatrix |
Species
The genus Trimerodytes contains 6 species which are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Trimerodytes aequifasciata (Barbour, 1908) - Asiatic annulate keelback, Asiatic water snake
- Trimerodytes annularis (Hallowell, 1856) - red-bellied annulate keelback, ringed water snake
- Trimerodytes balteata (Cope, 1895) - Hainan mountain keelback
- Trimerodytes percarinatus (Boulenger, 1899) - eastern water snake, olive keelback, olive annulate keelback, Chinese keelback water snake
- Trimerodytes yapingi Guo, Zhu, & Liu, 2019 - Jingdong water snake
- Trimerodytes yunnanensis Rao & Yang, 1998 - Yunnan water snake, Yunnan annulate keelback
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Trimerodytes.
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References
- Genus Trimerodytes at The Reptile Database
Further reading
- Rossman, Douglas A.; Eberle, W. Gary (1977). "Partition of the Genus Natrix, with Preliminary Observations on Evolutionary Trends in Natricine Snakes". Herpetologica 33 (1): 34–43. (Sinonatrix, new genus).
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