In Thai: งูลายสาบจุดดำขาว, ngu lai saap jud damm khao
The specklebelly keelback (Rhabdophis chrysargos) is a species of colubrid snake found in southeast Asia.
Food: Lizards, small mammals and birds
Size: Up to 600 mm
Distribution: the Philippines (Palawan), Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali
Habitat: Various forest
Poison: Harmless
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Scientific classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Suborder
Serpentes
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Rhabdophis
Species
Rhabdophis chrysargos
Common names
German: Gefleckte Wassernatter
English:
Specklebelly keelback
Speckle-bellied keelback
Southern water snake
Thai: งูลายสาบจุดดำขาว, ngu lai saap jud damm khao
Synonyms
Rhabdophis chrysargos, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
Rhabdophis chrysargos, Thomas Ziegler (2002)
Rhabdophis chrysargus sic, Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
Rhabdophis chrysargus [sic], Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
Rhabdophis chrysargos, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
Rhabdophis chrysarga, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Denzer (1982)
Rhabdophis chrysargus, Alice Georgie Cruickshank Grandison (1978)
Natrix chrysarga, John Roscoe Hendrickson (1966)
Rhabdophis chrysarga, E. V. Malnate (1960)
Natrix chrysarga, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1943)
Rhabdophis chrysargus chrysargus, René Léon Bourret (1936)
Natrix crysarga (sic), Robert Mertens (1934)
Natrix chrysarga, Norman Smedley (1932)
Rhabdophis chrysargus, Frank Wall (1923)
Tropidonotus chrysargus, Theodorus Willem van Lidth de Jeude (1922)
Tropidonotus chrysargus, Frank Wall (1909)
Natrix chrysarga, Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1907)
Tropidonotus chrysargus, George Albert Boulenger (1893)
Tropidonotus maculatus var. torquatus, François Mocquard (1890)
Tropidonotus (Amphiesma) chrysargus var. juncea, Oskar Boettger (1887)
Tropidonotus chrysargos, Johann Gustav Fischer (1885)
Tropidonotus (Amphiesma) chrysargus, Oskar Boettger (1883)
Tropidonotus junceus, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1864)
Amphiesma chrysargos, Giorgio Jan (1863)
Tropidonotus chrysargus, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1858)
Tropidonotus junceus, Edward Blyth (1856)
Leptophis albomaculatus, André Marie Constant Duméril, Gabriel Bibron & Auguste Duméril (1854)
Amphiesma chrysargum, André Marie Constant Duméril, Gabriel Bibron & Auguste Duméril (1854)
Tropidonotus junceus, Theodore Edward Cantor (1847)
Tropidonotus chrysargos, Hermann Schlegel (1837)
Natrix chrysargus, H. Boie in Friedrich Boie (1827)