Trimerodytes percarinatus

Trimerodytes percarinatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha
Subclassis: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Serpentes
Cladus: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Trimerodytes
Species:
Subspecies (2): T. p. percarinata – T. p. suriki

Name

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.15.15, ♂, collected by J.D. La Touche in spring 1896 or 1898.

Type locality: “Kuatun, a village about 270 miles from Foochow, in the mountains at the North-west of the Province of Fokien, at an altitude of 3000 to 4000 feet or more”, China.

Combinations

  • Tropidonotus percarinatus Boulenger, 1899: 163 [original combination]
  • Sinonatrix percarinataRossman & Eberle, 1977: 42 [subsquent combination]

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

  • English: Chinese Keelback Water Snake