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Bluebelly Java snake
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Tetralepis Boettger, 1892
Species:	T. fruhstorferi
Binomial name
Tetralepis fruhstorferi Boettger, 1892

The bluebelly Java snake (Tetralepis fruhstorferi), also known commonly as Fruhstorfer's mountain snake and the Javan bluebelly snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species, which is the only member of the genus Tetralepis, is endemic to Java.

Etymology

The specific name, fruhstorferi, is in honor of German lepidopterist Hans Fruhstorfer, who collected the holotype.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. fruhstorferi is forest, at altitudes of about 1,000 m (3,300 ft).

Description

Dorsally, T. fruhstorferi is dark reddish brown, with an indistinct darker vertebral line. Ventrally, it is lead-colored or reddish gray. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 43.2 cm (17.0 in), plus a tail length of 7.0 cm (2.8 in).

Behavior

T. fruhstorferi is terrestrial, semi-fossorial, and nocturnal or crepuscular.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of T. fruhstorferi is unknown.

References

1. ^ Iskandar, D.; Inger, R.F.; Das, I. (2012). "Tetralepis fruhstorferi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192222A2057749. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192222A2057749.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Tetralepis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 December 2016.
3. ^ Tetralepis fruhstorferi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 December 2016.
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tetralepis fruhstorferi, p. 95).
5. Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (Tetralepis fruhstorferi, p. 320).

Further reading

• Boettger O (1892). "Listen von Kriechtieren und Lurche aus dem tropischen Asien u. aus Papuasien ". Bericht über die Thätigkeit des Offenbacher Vereins für Naturkunde 1892: 65–164. (Tetralepis fruhstorferi, new species, pp. 125–126). (in German).
• de Lang R (2017). The Snakes of Java, Bali and Surrounding Islands. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira. 435 pp. ISBN 978-3899735253.
• Inger RF, Vorhis HK (2001). "The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland". Journal of Biogeography 28: 863–891. ("Tretralepis fruhstorferi ", typographical error).
• Manthey U, Grossmann W (1997). Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. ISBN 978-3931587123. (Tetralepis fruhstorferi, p. 395). (in German).

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