Bitia hydroides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Homalopsoidea

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Bitia
Species: Bitia hydroides

Name

• Bitia hydroides Gray, 1842: 64

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.2.38 (formerly BMNH III.15.1.a), ♂.

Type locality: unknown.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1842. Monographic Synopsis of the Water Snakes, or the Family of Hydridae. Zoological Miscellany 2: 59–68.

Additional references

• Jayne, B.C., Ward, T.J. & Voris, H.K. 1995. Morphology, reproduction, and diet of the marine homalopsine snake Bitia hydroides in Peninsular Malaysia. Copeia 1995(4): 800–808. JSTOR
• Murphy, J.C. & Voris, H.K. 2014. A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 8: 1–43. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Bitia hydroides. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 November 2018.
• Murphy, J. Zug, G.R. & Auliya, M. 2010. IUCN: Bitia hydroides  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176672A7281308. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176672A7281308.en

Vernacular names

English: Keel-bellied Water Snake