Fowlea melanzosta

Fowlea melanzosta,[2] also commonly known as the Javan keelback water snake[1] and the Javanese keelback water snake,[2] is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.

Fowlea melanzosta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Fowlea
Species:
F. melanzosta
Binomial name
Fowlea melanzosta
(Gravenhorst, 1807)
Synonyms[2]
  • Coluber melanzostus
    Gravenhorst, 1807
  • Tropidonotus melanzostus
    — H. Boie, 1826
  • Coluber lippus
    Reuss, 1834
  • Tropidonotus quincunciatus var. melanzostus
    — L. Müller, 1890
  • Tropidonotus piscator var. melanzosta
    — Boettger, 1892
  • Natrix piscator melanzostus
    — M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Xenochrophis piscator melanozostus
    — Bosch, 1985
  • Xenochrophis melanozostus
    — Das, 1996
  • Xenochrophis flavipunctatus melanozostus
    — Manthey & Grossmann, 1997
  • Fowlea melanzostus
    — Purkayastha et al., 2019
  • Fowlea melanzosta
    — Amarasinghe et al., 2022

Geographic range

F. melanzosta is found in Java and Bali, Indonesia.[1][2]

Habitat

F. melanzosta is a common species typically encountered in rice paddies, but it also occurs near lakes, rivers, streams, marshes, and in grassland.[1]

Reproduction

F. melanzosta is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Vogel, G. (2012). "Fowlea melanozostus (formerly as: Xenochrophis melanozostus)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T191986A2024217. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T191986A2024217.en. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  2. Fowlea melanzosta at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 January 2023.

Further reading
  • Gravenhorst JLC (1807). Vergleichende Übersicht des Linneischen und einiger neueren zoologischen Systeme, nebst dem eingeschalteten Verseichnisse der zoologischen Sammlung des Verfassers und den Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten, die in derselben vorhanden sind. Göttingen: Heinrich Dietrich. i–xvi + 476 pp. (Coluber melanzostus, new species, p. 402). (in German).
  • Manthey U, Grossmann W (1997). Amphibien und Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. ISBN 978-3931587123. (Xenochrophus flavipunctatus melanozostus).
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