Opisthotropis

<i>Opisthotropis</i>

Opisthotropis

Genus of snakes

Opisthotropis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia and South China.

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Species

The genus Opisthotropis contains the following 25 species which are recognized as being valid, listed alphabetically by scientific name.[1][2]

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

References

  1. [1]
    Opisthotropis. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. [2]
    Opisthotropis. ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  3. [3]
    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

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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