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Checkered keelback

Checkered keelback
in Assam
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Fowlea
Species:
F. piscator
Binomial name
Fowlea piscator
(Schneider, 1799)
Synonyms[2]
List
  • Hydrus piscator
    Schneider, 1799
  • Natrix piscator
    Merrem, 1820
  • Tropidonotus quincunciatus
    Schlegel, 1837
  • Tropidonotus piscator
    Boulenger, 1893
  • Nerodia piscator
    Wall, 1921
  • Xenochrophis piscator
    Cox et al., 1998

The checkered keelback (Fowlea piscator), also known commonly as the Asiatic water snake, is a common species in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia. It is non-venomous.

  1. ^ Stuart, B.L., Wogan, G., Thy, N., Nguyen, T.Q., Vogel, G., Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Shankar, G., Mohapatra, P., Thakur, S. & Papenfuss, T. (2021). "Fowlea asperrimus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021. IUCN: e.T172646A1358305. Retrieved 15 January 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Species Xenochrophis piscator at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

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