St. John's keelback

St. John's keelback (Fowlea sanctijohannis) is a species of snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia.

St. John's keelback
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. sanctijohannis
Binomial name
Fowlea sanctijohannis (Boulenger, 1890)
Synonyms[2]
Tropidonotus sancti-johannis Boulenger, 1890 Nerodia piscator sancti-johannis — Bourret, 1935 Natrix piscator sancti-johannis — Bourret, 1936 Xenochrophis piscator sanctijohannis — Kramer, 1977 Xenochrophis sanctijohannis — I. Das, 1996 Fowlea sanctijohannis — Purkayastha et al., 2018

Etymology

The specific name, sanctijohannis, is in honor of British naturalist Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St. John.^[3]

Geographic range

F. sanctijohannis is found in Bhutan, northern India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir), northern Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of F. sanctijohannis is freshwater wetlands, at altitudes of 960–2,200 m (3,150–7,220 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

F. sanctijohannis is oviparous.^[2]