Sinonatrix percarinata

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Eastern Water Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Sinonatrix
Species: S. percarinata
Binomial name
Sinonatrix percarinata
(Boulenger, 1899)

Eastern Water Snake or Olive Keelback Sinonatrix percarinata is a species of snake found in Myanmar (= Burma), Thailand, Vietnam, NE India (Changlang District, Arunachal Pradesh), S China (Hainan, Chekiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Kweichow, Sichuan, Hupeh), Taiwan.

Race suriki: Taiwan. Type locality: Kuatun (= Guadun), Chongan Co., about 270 miles from Foochow, NW Fokien (= Fujian), China.

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  • Boulenger, George A. 1899 On a collection of reptiles and batrachians made by Mr. J. D. La Touche in N.W. Fokien, China. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1899: 159-172
  • Captain, Ashok and Anuprita Patel 1998 Sinonatrix, a new genus for India. Hamadryad 22 (2): 114-115.