Fowlea melanzosta

Fowlea melanzosta,^[2] also commonly known as the Javan keelback water snake^[1] and the Javanese keelback water snake,^[2] is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.

Fowlea melanzosta
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Fowlea
Species:	F. melanzosta
Binomial name
Fowlea melanzosta (Gravenhorst, 1807)
Synonyms[2]
Coluber melanzostus Gravenhorst, 1807 Tropidonotus melanzostus — H. Boie, 1826 Coluber lippus Reuss, 1834 Tropidonotus quincunciatus var. melanzostus — L. Müller, 1890 Tropidonotus piscator var. melanzosta — Boettger, 1892 Natrix piscator melanzostus — M.A. Smith, 1943 Xenochrophis piscator melanozostus — Bosch, 1985 Xenochrophis melanozostus — Das, 1996 Xenochrophis flavipunctatus melanozostus — Manthey & Grossmann, 1997 Fowlea melanzostus — Purkayastha et al., 2019 Fowlea melanzosta — Amarasinghe et al., 2022

Geographic range

F. melanzosta is found in Java and Bali, Indonesia.^[1][2]

Habitat

F. melanzosta is a common species typically encountered in rice paddies, but it also occurs near lakes, rivers, streams, marshes, and in grassland.^[1]

Reproduction

F. melanzosta is oviparous.^[2]