''Trimerodytes'' is a

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snake Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more j ...

s in the subfamily

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of the

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Colubridae Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ev ...

. The genus is

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and

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Species

The genus ''Trimerodytes'' contains 7

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which are recognized as being valid. *'' Trimerodytes aequifasciatus'' – Asiatic annulate keelback, Asiatic water snake *'' Trimerodytes annularis'' – red-bellied annulate keelback, ringed water snake *'' Trimerodytes balteatus'' – Hainan mountain keelback *'' Trimerodytes percarinatus'' – eastern water snake, olive keelback, olive annulate keelback, Chinese keelback water snake *'' Trimerodytes praemaxillaris'' – Angel's mountain keelback, brown stream snake *'' Trimerodytes yapingi'' – Jingdong water snake *'' Trimerodytes yunnanensis'' – Yunnan water snake, Yunnan annulate keelback ''

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'': A

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Trimerodytes''.

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