Trimerodytes Explained

Trimerodytes is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to East Asia and Southeast Asia.

Species

The genus Trimerodytes contains 7 species which are recognized as being valid.

• Trimerodytes aequifasciatus – Asiatic annulate keelback, Asiatic water snake
• Trimerodytes annularis – red-bellied annulate keelback, ringed water snake
• Trimerodytes balteatus – Hainan mountain keelback
• Trimerodytes percarinatus – eastern water snake, olive keelback, olive annulate keelback, Chinese keelback water snake
• Trimerodytes praemaxillaris – Angel's mountain keelback, brown stream snake
• Trimerodytes yapingi – Jingdong water snake
• Trimerodytes yunnanensis – Yunnan water snake, Yunnan annulate keelback

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Trimerodytes.

Further reading

• Rossman, Douglas A.

Eberle, W. Gary (1977). "Partition of the Genus Natrix, with Preliminary Observations on Evolutionary Trends in Natricine Snakes". Herpetologica 33 (1): 34–43. (Sinonatrix, new genus).

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