Biology:Fowlea

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Short description: Genus of snakes

Fowlea
Xenochrophis piscator sal.jpg
Checkered keelback (Fowlea piscator)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Natricinae
Genus: Fowlea
Theobald, 1868
Species

8, see text.

Fowlea is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Asia.

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]

  • Fowlea asperrima (Boulenger, 1891) – Boulenger's keelback
  • Fowlea flavipunctata (Hallowell, 1860) – yellow-spotted keelback
  • Fowlea melanzosta (Gravenhorst, 1807) – Javan keelback water snake
  • Fowlea piscator (Schneider, 1799) – checkered keelback
  • Fowlea punctulata (Günther, 1858)
  • Fowlea sanctijohannis (Boulenger, 1890) – St. John's keelback
  • Fowlea schnurrenbergeri Kramer, 1977
  • Fowlea unicolor (Müller, 1887)
  • Fowlea yunnanensis Anderson, 1879

Some snakes of this genus, like the Boulenguer's keelback and Checkered keelback came originally from the genus Xenochrophis.

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Fowlea.

References

  1. Genus Fowlea at The Reptile Database. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Wikidata ☰ Q70589244 entry