Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates © Rune Midtgaard Taxonomy of the family Colubridae Bibliography of the genus Paratapinophis Biodiversity of the family Colubridae Genus Paratapinophis Brown Stream Snake Braune Flußnatter Brun Flodsnog 1929 Paratapinophis Angel (type species: Paratapinophis premaxillaris Angel 1929) Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of Opisthotropis (e.g., Pope 1935; Cox 1991). Revalidated by Murphy, Chan-ard, Mekchai, Cota & Voris (2008), but validity questioned by Ren, Wang, Guo, Wang, Nguyen & Li (2019). Distribution: As for the single species. Paratapinophis praemaxillaris Brown Stream Snake, (Angel’s Mountain Keelback) Braune Flußnatter Brun Flodsnog 1929 Paratapinophis praemaxillaris Angel Opisthotropis praemaxillaris Pope 1935 Remarks: Specific epithet sometimes misspelled premaxillaris (e.g., Mo, Chen & Li 1984). Distribution: China (Yunnan), Laos, Thailand.