''Fowlea'' is a
genus
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of
snake
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s in the
subfamily Natricinae
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of the
family
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Colubridae
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. The genus is
endemic
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to
Asia
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.
Species
The following
species
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are recognized as being valid.
[. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.]
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Fowlea asperrima'' – Boulenger's keelback
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Fowlea flavipunctata'' – yellow-spotted keelback
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Fowlea melanzosta'' –
Java
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n keelback water snake
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Fowlea piscator'' – checkered keelback
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Fowlea punctulata''
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Fowlea sanctijohannis'' –
St. John's keelback
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Fowlea schnurrenbergeri''
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Fowlea unicolor''
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Fowlea yunnanensis''
Some snakes of this genus, like the Boulenguer's keelback and Checkered keelback came originally from the genus Xenochrophis.
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Nota bene
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'': A
binomial authority
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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Fowlea''.
References
Snake genera
Taxa named by William Theobald
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