Tropidonophis spilogaster

Tropidonophis spilogaster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Tropidonophis
Species: Tropidonophis spilogaster

Name

Tropidonophis spilogaster (Boie, 1827)

• Syntypes (n=5): RMNH 1048a–b (G.A. Frank, 1843) and RMNH 1049a–c (Frank, 1847).
• Type locality: “Java” (in error), corrected to “Philippines” by RMNH catalogue and Boulenger (1893: 257), restricted to “Luzon Is., Philippines” by Leviton (1959: 439).

Combinations

• Tropidonotus spilogaster Boie, 1827: 535 [original combination]
• Natrix spilogaster — Griffin, 1911 [subsequent combination]
• Rhabdophis spilogaster — Malnate, 1960: 50 [subsequent combination]
• Tropidonophis spilogaster — Deepak, Cooper, Poyarkov, Kraus, Burin, Das, Narayanan, Streicher, Smith & Gower, 2022 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boie, F. 1827. Bemerkungen über Merrem’s Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Marburg, 1820. 1te Lieferung, Ophidier. Isis von Oken 20(6): 508–566. BHL Reference page. 
• Malnate, E.V. 1960. Systematic Division and Evolution of the Colubrid Snake Genus Natrix, with Comments on the Subfamily Natricinae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 112: 41–71. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Deepak V., Cooper, N., Poyarkov, N.A., Kraus, F., Burin, G., Das, A., Narayanan, S., Streicher, J.W., Smith, S.-J. & Gower, D.J. 2022. Multilocus phylogeny, natural-history traits, and classification of natricine snakes (Serpentes: Natricinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195(1): 279–298. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab099 Reference page. 

Links

• Brown, R., Rico, E. & Afuang, L. 2009. IUCN: Tropidonophis spilogaster  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169802A6675725. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169802A6675725.en. Accessed on 02 March 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Boie's Keelback