Opisthotropis jacobi, also known commonly as the Chapa mountain keelback, Jacob's mountain stream keelback, and Jacob's stream snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Vietnam and China.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Opisthotropis |
| Species: | O. jacobi
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Etymology
editThe specific name, jacobi, is in honor of German entomologist Arnold F. V. Jacobi.[3]
Geographic range
editO. jacobi is found in extreme northern Vietnam and in adjacent Yunnan Province, China.[1][2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of O. jacobi are forest and streams, at altitudes of 500–1,500 m (1,600–4,900 ft).[1]
Description
editO. jacobi may attain a total length (including tail) of 54 cm (21 in). Dorsally, it is uniformly shiny black. Ventrally, it is also shiny black but with light-edged ventrals and subcaudals. The dorsal scales are smooth, and arranged in 15 rows throughout the length of the body.[4]
Diet
editO. jacobi preys upon earthworms, freshwater shrimp, fishes, and frogs and their tadpoles.[1][2]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e Rao, D.-q.; Zhou, Z. (2012). "Opisthotropis jacobi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T191913A2014651. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Species Opisthotropis jacobi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Opisthotropis jacobi, p. 132).
- ^ Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Opisthotropis jacobi, pp. 333–334).
Further reading
edit- Angel F, Bourret R (1933). "Sur une petite collection de serpents du Tonkin. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles ". Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France 58: 129–140. (Opisthotropis jacobi, new species, p. 130). (in French).
- Nguyen SV, Ho CT, Nguyen TQ (2009). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 768 pp. ISBN 978-3899734621.
- Wang K, Lyu Z, Wang J, Qi S, Che J (2009). "The updated checklist and zoogeographic division of the reptilian fauna of Yunnan Province, China". Biodiversity Science 30 (4): 21326, 1–31.
- Ziegler T, David P, Ziegler TN, Pham TC, Nguyen TQ, Le MD (2018). "Morphological and molecular review of Jacob's Mountain Stream Keelback Opisthotropis jacobi Angel & Bourret, 1933 (Squamata: Natricidae) with description of a sibling species from northern Vietnam". Zootaxa 4374 (4): 476–496.
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