Fowlea schnurrenbergeri (KRAMER, 1977)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Bar-necked Keelback
Synonym	Xenochrophis flavipunctatus schnurrenbergeri KRAMER 1977 Xenochrophis schnurrenbergeri — VOGEL & DAVID 2006 Xenochrophis schnurrenbergeri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 799 Fowlea schnurrenbergeri — PURKAYASTHA et al. 2019 Fowlea schnurrenbergeri — AMARASINGHE et al. 2022
Distribution	Nepal, Pakistan, N India (Orissa = Odisha, lalpaiguri, West Bengal; Nishangara, Varanasi [Banares], Uttar Pradesh, and Pattamundei, Kendrapara), Bangladesh Type locality: Devanandpur, Bhairawa, Nepal, 83° 28’, 27° 30’, 150 m elevation
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: MHNG 1377.44 fide KRAMER 1977, from Java (in the Greater Sundas, Indonesia); Collected by Hans Schnurrenberger.
Diagnosis
Comment	See also Xenochrophis piscator. VIDAL et al. (2007) placed Xenochrophis in the family Natricidae. Distribution: not in Pakistan fide KHAN 2004. See map in Amarasinghe et al. 2022: 213 (Fig. 9). Habitat: mostly aquatic (flavipunctatus + schnurrenbergeri) Behavior: diurnal.
References	Amarasinghe, A. A., Bandara, S. K., Weerakkody, S., Campbell, P. D., Marques, D. A., Danushka, A. D., ... & Vogel, G. 2022. Systematics of the Sri Lankan Water Snakes of the Genus Fowlea Theobald 1868 (Reptilia: Natricidae). Herpetologica 78(3) : 201-219 - get paper here Kästle , W., Rai, K. & Schleich, H.H. 2013. FIELD GUIDE to Amphibians and Reptiles of Nepal. ARCO-Nepal e.V., 625 pp. - get paper here Kramer, E. 1977. Zur Schlangenfauna Nepals. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 84 (3): 721-761. - get paper here Mahamud, I., Asif, A. A., Shome, A. R., & Rahman, M. M. 2022. New Record of Bar-Necked Keelback, Fowlea schnurrenbergeri (Kramer, 1977)(Squamata: Colubridae) in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology, 50(2), 273-276 - get paper here Mohapatra, Pratyush P., Sushil K. Dutta and Siba Prasad Parida. 2010. Report of Xenochrophis schnurrenbergeri Kramer, 1977 (Serpentes: Natricidae) from Orissa, India. Russ. J. Herpetol. 17 (2): 94-96 - get paper here Purkayastha J. 2013. An Amateur’s Guide to Reptiles of Assam. EBH Publishers (India) - get paper here Purkayastha, Jayaditya; JATIN KALITA, Rajeev Kungur Brahma, Robin Doley, MADHURIMA DAS 2018. A review of the relationships of Xenochrophis cerasogaster Cantor, 1839 (Serpentes: Colubridae) to its congeners. Zootaxa 4514 (1): 126-136, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.1.10 - get paper here Purkayastha, Jayaditya; Madhurima Das, and Saibal Sengupta 2011. Urban herpetofauna: a case study in Guwahati City of Assam, India. Herpetology Notes 4: 195-202 - get paper here Purkayastha, Jayaditya; Madhurima Das; Saibal Sengupta & Sushil K Dutta 2010. Notes on Xenochrophis schnurrenbergeri Kramer, 1977 (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Assam, India with some comments on its morphology anddistribution. Herpetology Notes 3: 175-180 Vogel, G. & Patrick David 2006. On the taxonomy of the Xenochrophis piscator complex (Serpentes, Natricidae). Herpetologica Bonnensis II: 241-246 - get paper here Vogel, Gernot 2010. Zur Systematik der Schlangen der orientalischen Region: Forschungsdefizite führen zur Unterschätzung der Artenvielfalt. Ophidia 4 (2): 18-26 - get paper here VOGEL, Gernot & Patrick DAVID 2012. A revision of the species group of Xenochrophis piscator (Schneider, 1799) (Squamata: Natricidae). Zootaxa 3473: 1–60 - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp. Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/304498495108089/ Google images

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