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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

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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:

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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.

    References

    Opisthotropis Wikipedia