Opisthotropis

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Kingdom Animalia Suborder Serpentes Subfamily Natricinae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus		Subphylum Vertebrata Family Colubridae Scientific name Opisthotropis Higher classification Natricinae Order Scaled reptiles

Lower classifications Kikuzato's brook snake, Smith's mountain keelback, Boonsong's keelback

Opisthotropis kuatunensis

Opisthotropis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. It contains the following species:

Listed alphabetically.

Opisthotropis alcalai W. Brown & Leviton, 1961 – mountain keelback

Opisthotropis andersonii (Boulenger, 1888) – Anderson's stream snake

Opisthotropis annamensis (Bourret, 1934) – Annam keelback

Opisthotropis ater Günther, 1872

Opisthotropis balteata (Cope, 1895) – Hainan mountain keelback

Opisthotropis boonsongi (Taylor & Elbel, 1958) – Boonsong's keelback

Opisthotropis cheni Zhao, 1999

Opisthotropis cucae David et al., 2011 (found in Kontum, Vietnam)

Opisthotropis daovantieni Orlov et al., 1998 – Tien's mountain stream snake

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 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

Opisthotropis praemaxillaris (Angel, 1929) - brown stream snake

Opisthotropis rugosa (Lidth de Jeude, 1890)

Opisthotropis spenceri M.A. Smith, 1918 – Spencer’s stream snake or Smith's mountain keelback

Opisthotropis tamdaoensis Ziegler, David, & Vu, 2008

Opisthotropis typica (Mocquard, 1890) – olive mountain keelback

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

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