Sinonatrix percarinatus (BOULENGER, 1899)
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
Subspecies | Sinonatrix percarinata percarinata (BOULENGER 1899) Sinonatrix percarinata suriki (MAKI 1931) |
Common Names | E: Olive Annulate Keelback, Eastern Water Snake, Olive Keelback G: Olivfarbene Kielrückennatter Chinese: “Wu Hua You She” ( 乌 华游蛇 ) |
Synonym | Tropidonotus percarinatus BOULENGER 1899: 163 Natrix percarinata — MELL 1931 Natrix percarinata — SMITH 1943: 299 Natrix annularis percarinata — BOURRET 1936 (fide SMITH 1943) Sinonatrix percarinata — ROSSMAN & EBERLE 1977 Sinonatrix percarinata — ZIEGLER 2002: 263 Sinonatrix percarinata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 677 Trimerodytes percarinatus — REN et al. 2019 Sinonatrix percarinata percarinata (BOULENGER 1899) Sinonatrix percarinata percarinata ZHAO & JIANG 1986 Sinonatrix percarinata percarinata — NGUYEN et al. 2009 Trimerodytes percarinatus percarinatus — REN et al. 2019 Sinonatrix percarinata suriki (MAKI 1931) Natrix suriki MAKI 1931 Sinonatrix percarinata suriki — ZHAO & JIANG 1986 Sinonatrix percarinata suriki — NGUYEN et al. 2009 Trimerodytes percarinatus suriki — REN et al. 2019 (by implication) |
Distribution | Myanmar (= Burma), Thailand, Vietnam (Hoa Binh, Yen Bai etc.), NE India (Changlang District, Arunachal Pradesh), S China (Hainan, Chekiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Kweichow, Sichuan, Hupeh), Taiwan suriki: Taiwan. Type locality: Kuatun (= Guadun), Chongan Co., about 270 miles from Foochow, NW Fokien (= Fujian), China. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: unknown (fide NGUYEN et al. 2009). Holotype: NSMT H-2960 [suriki] |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis. (1) Body sides usually with 27 – 37 black bands, in Y-shape, rarely with small black spots or uniform dark brown; (2) 18 – 32 maxillary teeth; (3) belly marked with black spots; (4) two supralabials entering orbit; (5) 127 – 153 ventrals (after Rao and Yang, 1998; Vogel et al., 2004; Le et al. 2015) |
Comment | Behavior: nocturnal. |
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