Opisthotropis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is native to Southeast Asia and South China.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Natricinae |
| Genus: | Opisthotropis Günther, 1872 |
Species
editThe genus Opisthotropis contains the following 25 species which are recognized as being valid, listed alphabetically by scientific name.[1][2]
- Opisthotropis alcalai W. Brown & Leviton, 1961 – Gary's mountain keelback
- Opisthotropis andersonii (Boulenger, 1888) – Anderson's stream snake[3]
- Opisthotropis atra Günther, 1872
- Opisthotropis cheni Zhao, 1999
- Opisthotropis cucae David, Pham, T.Q. Nguyen & T. Ziegler, 2011 (found in Kontum, Vietnam) – Cuc's mountain snake
- Opisthotropis daovantieni Orlov, Darevsky & Murphy, 1998 – Tien's mountain stream snake
- Opisthotropis durandi Teynié, Lottier, David, T.Q. Nguyen & G. Vogel, 2014 – Durand's mountain stream snake
- Opisthotropis guangxiensis Zhao, Y.-M. Jiang & Huang, 1978 – Guangxi mountain keelback
- Opisthotropis haihaensis T. Ziegler, Pham, T.V. Nguyen, T.Q. Nguyen, J. Wang, Y.-Y. Wang, Stuart & Le, 2019 – Hai Ha mountain stream keelback
- Opisthotropis hungtai J. Wang, Lyu, Zeng, Lin, Yang, T.Q. Nguyen, Le, T. Ziegler & Y.-Y. Wang, 2020 – Hung-Ta Chang's 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[3]
- Opisthotropis rugosa (Lidth de Jeude, 1890) – Sumatran stream snake
- Opisthotropis shenzhenensis Y.-Y. Wang, Q. Guo, Liu, Lyu, J. Wang, Luo, Sun & Zhang, 2017 – Shenzhen mountain stream snake
- Opisthotropis spenceri M.A. Smith, 1918 – Spencer’s stream snake or Smith's mountain keelback
- Opisthotropis tamdaoensis T. Ziegler, David & Vu, 2008
- Opisthotropis typica (Mocquard, 1890) – olive mountain keelback
- Opisthotropis voquyi T. Ziegler, David, T.N. Ziegler, Pham, T.Q. Nguyen & Le, 2018 – Vo Quy's mountain stream keelback
- Opisthotropis zhaoermii Ren, K. Wang, K. Jiang, P. Guo & Li, 2017 – 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.
References
edit- ^ Opisthotropis. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Opisthotropis. ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ^ a b 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
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Wikispecies has information related to Opisthotropis.
- 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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