Trimerodytes annularis (HALLOWELL, 1856)
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Red-bellied Annulate Keelback, Ringed Water Snake Chinese: “Chi Lian Hua You She” ( 赤链华游蛇 ) |
Synonym | Tropidonotus annularis HALLOWELL 1856: 151 Tropidonotus chinensis JAN 1859 Tropidonotus semifasciatus BERTHOLD 1859 (subst. name for T. chinensis) Tropidonotus annularis — GÜNTHER 1864: 261 Tropidonotus annularis — GÜNTHER 1888: 171 Tropidonotus annularis — BOULENGER 1893: 233 Tropidonotus habereri WERNER 1903 Natrix annularis — STEJNEGER 1907: 291 Natrix annularis — BARBOUR 1912: 130 Natrix annularis — STEJNEGER 1926: 68 Natrix annularis — MELL 1931 [1929] Sinonatrix annularis — ROSSMAN & EBERLE 1977 Sinonatrix annularis — WANG et al. 1999 Sinonatrix annularis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 677 Trimerodytes annularis — REN et al. 2019 |
Distribution | Taiwan, China (Fujian, Jiangxi, Chekiang, Anhwei, Kiangsu, Hunan) Type locality: China, Ningpo. |
Reproduction | ovoviviparous. |
Types | Holotype: ANSP 6640 Syntypes: ZSM 31/0, male; ZSM 32/0 (lost), 2 fe- males; ZSM 33/0 (lost), 3 juveniles; all from “Ning- po-Gebirge, China”, collected by Haberer, 1900 [habereri] Holotype: ZFMK 33443 [Tropidonotus chinensis] |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis (Sinonatrix): Rossman & Eberle 1977: 42. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 766 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Type species: Tropidonotus annularis HALLOWELL 1856 is the type species of the genus Sinonatrix Rossman & Eberle 1977 (in which they included aequifasciata, annularis, bellula, percarinata, and trianguligera). However, Sinonatrix is a junior synonym of Trimerodytes Cope which was resurrected for Trimerodytes balteatus Cope, 1895 (= Opisthotropis balteata) and Sinonatrix by Ren et al. 2019. |
Etymology | Named after the diminutive form (“annul-”) of Latin “anus” = ring. |
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