Trimerodytes
Trimerodytes is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to East Asia and Southeast Asia.
| Trimerodytes | |
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| Trimerodytes percarinatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Natricinae |
| Genus: | Trimerodytes Cope, 1895 |
| Synonyms | |
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Sinonatrix | |
Species
The genus Trimerodytes contains 6 species which are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Trimerodytes aequifasciata (Barbour, 1908) - Asiatic annulate keelback, Asiatic water snake
- Trimerodytes annularis (Hallowell, 1856) - red-bellied annulate keelback, ringed water snake
- Trimerodytes balteata (Cope, 1895) - Hainan mountain keelback
- Trimerodytes percarinatus (Boulenger, 1899) - eastern water snake, olive keelback, olive annulate keelback, Chinese keelback water snake
- Trimerodytes yapingi Guo, Zhu, & Liu, 2019 - Jingdong water snake
- Trimerodytes yunnanensis Rao & Yang, 1998 - Yunnan water snake, Yunnan annulate keelback
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Trimerodytes.
References
- Genus Trimerodytes at The Reptile Database
Further reading
- Rossman, Douglas A.; Eberle, W. Gary (1977). "Partition of the Genus Natrix, with Preliminary Observations on Evolutionary Trends in Natricine Snakes". Herpetologica 33 (1): 34–43. (Sinonatrix, new genus).
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