Biology:Fowlea

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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) – Spotted keelback water snake
  • Fowlea sanctijohannis (Boulenger, 1890) – St. John's keelback
  • Fowlea schnurrenbergeri (Kramer, 1977) – bar-necked keelback
  • Fowlea unicolor (F. Müller, 1887) – Tikiri keelback
  • Fowlea yunnanensis (Anderson, 1879) – Yunnan olive keelback

Some snakes of this genus, such as Boulenger's keelback and the checkered keelback, were moved 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.

Further reading

  • Theobald W (1868). "Catalogue of the Reptiles of British Birma [sic], embracing the Provinces of Pegu, Martaban, and Tenasserim; with descriptions of new or little-known species". Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology. (London) 10: 4–67. (Fowlea, new genus, p. 48).


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