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| Painted keelback (Xenochrophis cerasogaster) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Natricinae |
| Genus: | Xenochrophis Günther, 1864 |
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Xenochrophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Asia. Some members have been moved to the genus Fowlea.
Etymology
[edit]The generic nomen Xenochrophis is presumably derived from the Greek xénos, meaning foreign, strange; chros, meaning color; and ophis, meaning snake. The generic nomen probably refers to the distinctive color pattern of this type species. The gender of this generic name is masculine.
Species of Xenochrophis
[edit]The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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| Xenochrophis bellulus (Stoliczka, 1871) |
Burmese keelback water snake, Burmese white-barred keelback | Myanmar | |
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Xenochrophis cerasogaster (Cantor, 1839) |
painted keelback | Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and India (Assam, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal:- Kolkata). |
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Xenochrophis maculatus (Edeling, 1864) |
spotted keelback | Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore. |
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Xenochrophis trianguligerus (F. Boie, 1827) |
triangle keelback | Brunei Darussalam, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, India (Nicobar Islands; Arunachal Pradesh (Deban - Changlang district)), Indonesia (Nias, Mentawai, Sumatra, Laos, Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia), Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. |
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Xenochrophis vittatus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
banded keelback, striped keelback | Indonesia (Bangka, Java, Sumatra, We, Sulawesi) and Singapore |
References
[edit]- ^ Genus Xenochrophis at The Reptile Database. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
[edit]- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Genus Xenochrophis, p. 191).
- Günther ACLG (1864). The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. + Plates I-XXII. (Xenochrophis, new genus, p. 273).
- Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Genus Xenochrophis, p. 317).