Opisthotropis

Opisthotropis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

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: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Opisthotropis
Species (26): O. alcalai – O. andersonii – O. atra – O. balteata – O. cheni – O. cucae – O. daovantieni – O. durandi – O. guangxiensis – O. haihaensis – O. hungtai – O. jacobi – O. kikuzatoi – O. kuatunensis – O. lateralis – O. latouchii – O. laui – O. maculosa – O. maxwelli – O. rugosa – O. shenzhenensis – O. spenceri – O. tamdaoensis – O. typica – O. voquyi – O. zhaoermii

Name

Opisthotropis Günther, 1872: 16

• Type species: Opisthotropis ater Günther, 1872, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1872. Seventh account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4 9: 13–37. BHL

Additional references

• David, P., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.Q. & Ziegler, T. 2011. A new species of the genus Opisthotropis Günther, 1872 (Squamata: Natricidae) from the highlands of Kon Tum Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa 2758(1): 43–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2758.1.3 Reference page. 
• Yang, J.-H., Wang, Y.-Y., Zhang, B., Lau, M.W.-N. & Chou, W.-H. 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2785.1.4 . Reference page. 
• Ren, J.-L., Wang, K., Jianf, K., Guo, P. & Li, J.-T. 2017. A New Species of the Southeast Asian Genus Opisthotropis (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) from western Hunan, China. Zoological Research 38(5): 251–263. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2017.068 Reference page. 
• Wang, Y-Y., Guo, Q., Liu, Z-Y., Lyu, Z-T., Wang, J., Luo, L., Sun, Y-J. & Zhang, Y-W. 2017. Revisions of two poorly known species of Opisthotropis Günther, 1872 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) with description of a new species from China. Zootaxa 4247(4): 391–412. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.4.3 Reference page. 
• Ziegler, T., David, P., Ziegler, T.N., Pham, T.C., Nguyen, T.Q. & Le, M.D. 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.4.2 Reference page. 
• Ziegler, T., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.V., Nguyen, T.Q., Wang, J., Wang, Y.-Y., Stuart, B.L. & Le, M.D. 2019. A new species of Opisthotropis from northern Vietnam previously misidentified as the Yellow-spotted Mountain Stream Keelback O. maculosa Stuart & Chuaynkern, 2007 (Squamata: Natricidae). Zootaxa 4613(3): 578–586. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.3.9 . Reference page. 
• Wang, J., Lyu, Z.-T., Zeng, Z.-C., Lin, C.-Y., Yang, J.-H., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D., Ziegler, T. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2020. Re-examination of the Chinese record of Opisthotropis maculosa (Squamata, Natricidae), resulting in the first national record of O. haihaensis and description of a new species. Zookeys 913: 141–159. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.913.48622 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Opisthotropis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 October 2019.
• Opisthotropis – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera (IRMNG).
• Opisthotropis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Mountain Keelbacks