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 Colubridae Bibliography of the genus Ceratophallus Biodiversity of the family Colubridae Genus Ceratophallus Indonesian Striped Keelback Gestreifte Fischnatter Stribet Fiskesnog 1893 Ceratophallus Cope (type species: Coluber vittatus Linnaeus 1758) Contents: 1 species, which is endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: Previously included in Xenochrophis. Dubey, Meganathan, Vidal & Haque (2012) demonstrated that Ceratophallus vittatus does not belong in Xenochrophis, but without assigning the species to another genus. Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014) revalidated Ceratophallus for this purpose. Distribution: As for the single species. Ceratophallus vittatus Indonesian Striped Keelback, (Striped Keelback Water Snake, Striped Keelback) Gestreifte Fischnatter Stribet Fiskesnog 1758 Coluber vittatus Linnaeus Natrix vittata Laurenti 1768 Tropidonotus vittatus Boie 1827 Ceratophallus vittatus Cope 1893 Fowlea vittata Malnate 1960 Xenochrophis vittata Malnate & Minton 1965 Remarks: Presence in Sulawesi needs confirmation, since only a few voucher specimens are available from the island (De Lang & Vogel 2005). Also its presence in West Malaysia needs confirmation (Iskandar, Inger, Auliya & Lilley 2012). Introduced to: Indonesia (Sulawesi), Puerto Rico, Singapore. Distribution: Indonesia (Bali, Bangka, Java, Sumatra, Weh). Ceratophallus vittatus © Rune Midtgaard