Fowlea

Fowlea is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Asia.

Fowlea
Checkered keelback (Fowlea piscator)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Natricinae
Genus:	Fowlea Theobald, 1868
Species
Nine, see text.

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.

• Fowlea asperrima (Boulenger, 1891) – Boulenger's keelback
• Fowlea flavipunctata (Hallowell, 1860) – yellow-spotted keelback
• Fowlea melanzosta (Gravenhorst, 1807) – Javan keelback water snake
• Fowlea piscator (Schneider, 1799) – checkered keelback
• Fowlea punctulata (Günther, 1858) – Spotted keelback water snake
• Fowlea sanctijohannis (Boulenger, 1890) – St. John's keelback
• Fowlea schnurrenbergeri (Kramer, 1977) – bar-necked keelback
• Fowlea unicolor (F. Müller, 1887) – Tikiri keelback
• Fowlea yunnanensis (Anderson, 1879) – Yunnan olive keelback

Some snakes of this genus, such as Boulenger's keelback and the checkered keelback, were moved from the genus Xenochrophis.

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Fowlea.

Further reading

• Theobald W (1868). "Catalogue of the Reptiles of British Birma [sic], embracing the Provinces of Pegu, Martaban, and Tenasserim; with descriptions of new or little-known species". Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology. (London) 10: 4–67. (Fowlea, new genus, p. 48).