Rhabdophis spilogaster

Rhabdophis spilogaster, commonly known as the northern water snake or Boie's keelback, is a venomous keelback snake in the family Colubridae found in the Philippines on the islands of Catanduanes, Polillo, Calayan and in the province of Bataan on the island of Luzon.[1][2]

Rhabdophis spilogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Rhabdophis
Species:
R. spilogaster
Binomial name
Rhabdophis spilogaster
(Boie, 1827)
Synonyms

Tropidonotus spilogaster Boie, 1827 Tropidonotus crebripunctatus Wiegmann, 1835

References

  1. Brown, R., Rico, E. & Afuang, L. 2009. Rhabdophis spilogaster. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169802A6675725. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169802A6675725.en. Downloaded on 23 December 2018.
  2. Rhabdophis spilogaster at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 December 2018.


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