Opisthotropis

Opisthotropis
File:Striped Stream Snake (Opisthotropis kuatunensis) 挂墩後稜蛇.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Natricinae
Genus:	Opisthotropis Günther, 1872

Opisthotropis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. It contains the following species:

Species

Listed alphabetically.

• Opisthotropis alcalai W. Brown & Leviton, 1961 – mountain keelback
• Opisthotropis andersonii (Boulenger, 1888) – Anderson's stream snake
• Opisthotropis annamensis (Bourret, 1934) – Annam keelback
• Opisthotropis ater Günther, 1872
• Opisthotropis balteata (Cope, 1895) – Hainan mountain keelback
• Opisthotropis boonsongi (Taylor & Elbel, 1958) – Boonsong's keelback
• Opisthotropis cheni Zhao, 1999
• Opisthotropis cucae David et al., 2011 (found in Kontum, Vietnam)
• Opisthotropis daovantieni Orlov et al., 1998 – Tien's mountain stream snake
• Opisthotropis guangxiensis Zhao et al., 1978 – Guangxi mountain keelback
• Opisthotropis jacobi Angel & Bourret, 1933 – Chapa mountain keelback
• Opisthotropis kikuzatoi (Okada & Takara, 1958) – Kikuzato's brook snake
• Opisthotropis kuatunensis Pope, 1928 – Chinese mountain keelback
• Opisthotropis lateralis Boulenger, 1903 – Tonkin mountain keelback
• Opisthotropis latouchii (Boulenger, 1899) – Sichuan mountain keelback
• Opisthotropis laui Yang, Sung & Chan, 2013 - Lau's mountain stream snake
• Opisthotropis maculosa Stuart & Chuaynkern, 2007 – yellow-spotted mountain stream snake
• Opisthotropis maxwelli Boulenger, 1914 – Maxwell's mountain keelback
• Opisthotropis praemaxillaris (Angel, 1929) - brown stream snake
• Opisthotropis rugosa (Lidth de Jeude, 1890)
• Opisthotropis spenceri M.A. Smith, 1918 – Spencer’s stream snake or Smith's mountain keelback
• Opisthotropis tamdaoensis Ziegler, David, & Vu, 2008
• Opisthotropis typica (Mocquard, 1890) – olive mountain keelback

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Opisthotropis.

Further reading

• Günther A. 1872. Seventh Account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fourth Series 9: 13-37. (Opisthotropis, new genus, p. 16).