St. John's keelback

St. John's keelback (Fowlea sanctijohannis) is a species of snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia.

St. John's keelback
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Fowlea
Species:
F. sanctijohannis
Binomial name
Fowlea sanctijohannis
(Boulenger, 1890)
Synonyms[1]
  • Tropidonotus
    sancti-johannis
    Boulenger, 1890
  • Nerodia piscator
    sancti-johannis
    — Bourret, 1935
  • Natrix piscator
    sancti-johannis
    — Bourret, 1936
  • Xenochrophis piscator
    sanctijohannis
    — Kramer, 1977
  • Xenochrophis
    sanctijohannis
    — Das, 1996
  • Fowlea sanctijohannis
    — Purkayastha et al., 2018

Etymology

The specific name, sanctijohannis, is in honor of British naturalist Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St. John.[2]

Geographic range

F. sanctijohannis is found in Bhutan, northern India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir), northern Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan.[1]

Reproduction

F. sanctijohannis is oviparous.[1]

References
  1. Species Fowlea sanctijohannis at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Xenochrophis sanctijohannis, pp. 135, 254-255).

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. ("Tropidonotus sancti-johannis ", new species, p. 350).
  • Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Tropidonotus sancti-johannis, p. 230 + Plate XV, figure 1).
  • Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Xenochrophis sanctijohannis, p. 48).
  • Purkayastha J, Kalita J, Brahma RK, Doley R, Das M (2018). "A review of the relationships of Xenochrophis cerasogaster Cantor, 1839 (Serpentes: Colubridae) to its congeners". Zootaxa 4514 (1): 126–136. (Fowlea sanctijohannis, new combination).
  • Whitaker R, Captain A (2007). Snakes of India: The Field Guide. Chennai: Draco Books. 495 pp. ISBN 978-8190187305.



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