Trimerodytes

{{Short description|Genus of snakes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Sinonatrix percarinata.jpg | image_caption = ''Trimerodytes percarinatus'' | taxon = Trimerodytes | authority = Cope, 1895 | subdivision_ranks = Species | synonyms = ''Sinonatrix'' }}

'''''Trimerodytes''''' is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to East Asia and Southeast Asia.

==Species== The genus ''Trimerodytes'' contains 7 species which are recognized as being valid.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Trimerodytes}}</ref> *''Trimerodytes aequifasciatus'' {{small|(Barbour, 1908)}} – Asiatic annulate keelback, Asiatic water snake *''Trimerodytes annularis'' {{small|(Hallowell, 1856)}} – red-bellied annulate keelback, ringed water snake *''Trimerodytes balteatus'' {{small|Cope, 1895}} – Hainan mountain keelback *''Trimerodytes percarinatus'' {{small|(Boulenger, 1899)}} – eastern water snake, olive keelback, olive annulate keelback, Chinese keelback water snake *''Trimerodytes praemaxillaris'' {{small|(Angel, 1929)}} – Angel's mountain keelback, brown stream snake *''Trimerodytes yapingi'' {{small|(Guo, Zhu & Liu, 2019)}} – Jingdong water snake *''Trimerodytes yunnanensis'' {{small|(Rao & Yang, 1998)}} – Yunnan water snake, Yunnan annulate keelback

''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Trimerodytes''.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *Rossman, Douglas A.; Eberle, W. Gary (1977). "Partition of the Genus ''Natrix'', with Preliminary Observations on Evolutionary Trends in Natricine Snakes". ''Herpetologica'' '''33''' (1): 34–43. (''Sinonatrix'', new genus).

Category:Trimerodytes Category:Snakes of Asia Category:Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope