Trimerodytes
{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
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| image = Sinonatrix percarinata.jpg
| image_caption = Trimerodytes percarinatus
| taxon = Trimerodytes
| authority = Cope, 1895
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| synonyms = Sinonatrix
}}
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.{{EMBL genus|genus=Trimerodytes}}
- Trimerodytes aequifasciatus {{small|(Barbour, 1908)}} – Asiatic annulate keelback, Asiatic water snake
- Trimerodytes annularis {{small|(Hallowell, 1856)}} – red-bellied annulate keelback, ringed water snake
- Trimerodytes balteatus {{small|Cope, 1895}} – Hainan mountain keelback
- Trimerodytes percarinatus {{small|(Boulenger, 1899)}} – eastern water snake, olive keelback, olive annulate keelback, Chinese keelback water snake
- Trimerodytes praemaxillaris {{small|(Angel, 1929)}} – Angel's mountain keelback, brown stream snake
- Trimerodytes yapingi {{small|(Guo, Zhu & Liu, 2019)}} – Jingdong water snake
- Trimerodytes yunnanensis {{small|(Rao & Yang, 1998)}} – 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.
References
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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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Category:Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope
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