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Yellow-Spotted Keelback
Fowlea flavipunctata (Hallowell, 1860)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The yellow-spotted keelback (Fowlea flavipunctata) is a species of colubrid snake found in
Thailand, Myanmar, China, West Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh. Its type locality is: Island of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) and Canton River?, China.
IUCN includes Taiwan in the range of F. flavipunctata, but excludes Malaysia and Bangladesh.
F. f. schnurrenbergeri of Nepal is now considered an independent species, Fowlea schnurrenbergeri.
Wikipedia contributors, Yellow-spotted keelback; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:59:27.799324+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Fowlea flavipunctata (Hallowell, 1860)
- Name authority
- (Hallowell, 1860)
- Common name
- Yellow-Spotted Keelback
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Fowlea
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyColubridae
- subfamilyNatricinae
- genusFowlea
- speciesFowlea flavipunctata (Hallowell, 1860)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Fowlea. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Javanese Keelback Water snakeFowlea melanzosta (Gravenhorst, 1807) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| St. John's KeelbackFowlea sanctijohannis (Boulenger, 1890) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yunnan Olive KeelbackFowlea yunnanensis (Anderson, 1879) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Tropidonotus piscator ornatus Wall, 1907 Wall, 1907 | synonym |
| Amphiesma flavipunctatum Hallowell, 1860 Hallowell, 1860 | ambiguous synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Fowlea&species=flavipunctata Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:8GPQF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.