Trimerodytes aequifasciatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Trimerodytes
Species: Trimerodytes aequifasciatus

Name

• Trimerodytes aequifasciatus (Barbour, 1908)

Syntypes (2): MCZ 7101a–b, collected by one of Mr. Owston's Japanese collectors in 1906.

Type locality: “Mt. Wuchi, central Hainan”, China.

Combinations

• Natrix aequifasciata Barbour, 1908: 317 [original combination]
• Sinonatrix aequifasciata — Rossman & Eberle, 1977: 42 [subsquent combination]

References

Primary references

• Barbour, T. 1908. Some new reptiles and amphibians. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 51: 315–325. BHL
• Rossman, D.A. & Eberle, W.G. 1977. Partition of the genus Natrix, with preliminary observations on evolutionary trends in natricine snakes. Herpetologica 33(1): 34–43. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Sinonatrix aequifasciata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 June 2019.
• Lau, M. & Li, P. 2012. IUCN: Trimerodytes aequifasciatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T177519A1491110. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T177519A1491110.en

Vernacular names

English: Asiatic Keelback Water Snake