Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Homalopsidae Bibliography of the genus Bitia Biodiversity of the family Homalopsidae Genus Bitia Keel-bellied Estuarine Snake Wasserschuppenkopf-Natter Kølbuget Deltasnog 1842 Bitia Gray (type species: Bitia hydroides Gray 1842) 1849 Hipistes Gray (type species: Hipistes fasciatus Gray 1849; syn. Murphy 2007) Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: As for the single species. Bitia hydroides Keel-bellied Estuarine Snake, Keel-bellied Water Snake, Keel-bellied Mud Snake Wasserschuppenkopf-Natter Kølbuget Deltasnog 1842 Bitia hydroides Gray 1847 Homalopsis hydrina Cantor (Murphy 2007) Hipistes hydrinus Günther 1864 1849 Hipistes fasciatus Gray (Murphy 2007) Remarks: Present in the past, but not confirmed recently from Singapore (Baker & Lim 2008). Extinct in: Singapore. Distribution: Malaysia (West Malaysia), Myanmar, Thailand.