Species of Thailand
Spencer's mountain stream snake
Opisthotropis spenceri, Malcolm Arthur Smith, 1918
(In Thai: งูลายสอสองสี, ngu lai sor song see)
Smith's mountain keelback or Spencer's stream snake (Opisthotropis spenceri ) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.
It is endemic to Thailand.
Etymology
Both the specific name, spenceri, and one of the common names, Spencer's stream snake, are in honor of Mr. F.D. Spencer who collected the type specimen.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Subphylum
- Vertebrata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Opisthotropis
- Species
- Opisthotropis spenceri
Common names
- German: Spencers Bachnatter
- English:
- Spencer's mountain stream snake
- Smith's mountain keelback
- Spencer’s stream snake
- Spencer's mountain keelback
- Thai: งูลายสอสองสี, ngu lai sor song see
Synonyms
- Opisthotropis spenceri, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
- Opisthotropis spenceri, David et al. (2011)
- Opisthotrophis sic spenceri, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (1999)
- Opisthotropis spenceri, Walter Creighton Brown & Alan E. Leviton (1961)
- Opisthotropis spenceri, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1943)
- Opisthotropis spenceri, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1918)
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN2.3)
Photos
Range Map
- Doi Saket District, Chiang Mai
- Ngao District, Lampang
- Pong District, Phayao
- Tha Wang Pha District, Nan