Angel’s Mountain Keelback
Trimerodytes praemaxillaris (Angel, 1929)
Also calledBraune Bachnatter (deu) · Brown Stream Snake (eng) · 老挝副后棱蛇 (zho)
This species is in the Catalogue of Life but not yet in the 2023 GBIF backbone or on iNaturalist: most likely it was described, or split from another species, very recently. What is known so far is below.
- Recorded from
- N Laos, Thailand, China (Yunnan)
- Also published as
- Paratapinophis praemaxillaris Angel, 1929
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Trimerodytes praemaxillaris in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
References
- Uetz, P. H., Patel, M., Gbadamosi, Z., Nguyen, A., & Shoope, S. (2024). A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732.
- Shen, Y., Kaiser, C. M., Nishikawa, K., Sanamxay, D., Inthavong, P., & Kaiser, H. (2025). First record of Trimerodytes praemaxillaris (Angel, 1929) from Xaisomboun Province, Laos, with additional comments on morphology, natural history, and the type locality. Herpetology Notes 18: 143-153.
- Brown, W. C., & Leviton, A. E. (1961). Discovery of the snake genus Opisthotropis in the Philippine Islands, with description of a new species. Occasional Papers of the Natural History Museum of Stanford University (8): 1-11.
- Rasmussen, Jens B. (1982). A new record of the rare Opisthotropis praemaxillaris (Serpentes: Colubridae). Amphibia-Reptilia 3: 279-280.
- Ziegler, T., & Patrick David, V. N. T. (2008). A new natricine snake of the genus Opisthotropis from Tam Dao, Vinh Phuc Province, northern Vietnam (Squamata, Colubridae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 84 (2): 197 -203.
- Pope, CLIFFORD H. (1935). The Reptiles of China. Turtes, Crocodilians, Snakes, Lizards. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., New York, Nat. Hist. Central Asia, 10: Lii, 1-604.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.