Misplaced Pages

Opisthotropis jacobi

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of snake

Opisthotropis jacobi
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Opisthotropis
Species: O. jacobi
Binomial name
Opisthotropis jacobi
Angel & Bourret, 1933

Opisthotropis jacobi, also known commonly as the Chapa mountain keelback, Jacob's mountain stream keelback, and Jacob's stream snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Vietnam and China.

Etymology

The specific name, jacobi, is in honor of German entomologist Arnold F. V. Jacobi.

Geographic range

O. jacobi is found in extreme northern Vietnam and in adjacent Yunnan Province, China.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of O. jacobi are forest and streams, at altitudes of 500–1,500 m (1,600–4,900 ft).

Description

O. jacobi may attain a total length (including tail) of 54 cm (21 in). Dorsally, it is uniformly shiny black. Ventrally, it is also shiny black but with light-edged ventrals and subcaudals. The dorsal scales are smooth, and arranged in 15 rows throughout the length of the body.

Diet

O. jacobi preys upon earthworms, freshwater shrimp, fishes, and frogs and their tadpoles.

Reproduction

O. jacobi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Rao, D.-q.; Zhou, Z. (2012). "Opisthotropis jacobi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T191913A2014651. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Opisthotropis jacobi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Opisthotropis jacobi, p. 132).
  4. Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Opisthotropis jacobi, pp. 333–334).

Further reading

  • Angel F, Bourret R (1933). "Sur une petite collection de serpents du Tonkin. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles ". Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France 58: 129–140. (Opisthotropis jacobi, new species, p. 130). (in French).
  • Nguyen SV, Ho CT, Nguyen TQ (2009). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 768 pp. ISBN 978-3899734621.
  • Wang K, Lyu Z, Wang J, Qi S, Che J (2009). "The updated checklist and zoogeographic division of the reptilian fauna of Yunnan Province, China". Biodiversity Science 30 (4): 21326, 1–31.
  • Ziegler T, David P, Ziegler TN, Pham TC, Nguyen TQ, Le MD (2018). "Morphological and molecular review of Jacob's Mountain Stream Keelback Opisthotropis jacobi Angel & Bourret, 1933 (Squamata: Natricidae) with description of a sibling species from northern Vietnam". Zootaxa 4374 (4): 476–496.


Taxon identifiers
Opisthotropis jacobi
Stub icon

This article relating to Natricinae is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: