Trimerodytes

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Trimerodytes
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Trimerodytes percarinatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Natricinae
Genus: Trimerodytes
Cope, 1895
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.

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Species

The genus Trimerodytes contains 7 species which are recognized as being valid. [1]

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

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<i>Trimerodytes percarinatus</i> Species of snake

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<i>Trimerodytes aequifasciatus</i> Species of snake

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<i>Hebius</i> Genus of snakes

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Trimerodytes yunnanensis is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. It is found in Thailand, the province Yunnan in China, and Burma. It is commonly known as the Yunnan water snake or Yunnan annulate keelback.

Trimerodytes praemaxillaris is a species of snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. It is also known commonly as Angel's mountain keelback, Angel's stream snake, and the brown stream snake. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.

<i>Fowlea</i> Genus of snakes

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The Hainan mountain keelback is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. It is found in Vietnam and China.

Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri, commonly known as Stejneger's bamboo snake or (Stejneger's) mountain keelback, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species was first described from Taiwan where it is widespread. It is also widespread in Eastern China and has been recorded in Yunnan and Hunan too. There are two subspecies:

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