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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Tretanorhinus A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 |
Tretanorhinus is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.
Geographic range
The genus Tretanorhinus is endemic to Central America, northern South America, and the West Indies.
Species
The genus contains the following four species which are recognized as being valid.
- Tretanorhinus mocquardi Bocourt, 1891 - Mocquard's swamp snake
- Tretanorhinus nigroluteus Cope, 1861 - orange-bellied swamp snake, orangebelly swamp snake
- Tretanorhinus taeniatus Boulenger, 1903 - striped swamp snake
- Tretanorhinus variabilis A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 - Caribbean water snake
The specific name, mocquardi, is in honor of French herpetologist François Mocquard.
Reproduction
All species in the genus Tretanorhinus are oviparous.
References
- ^ Genus Tretanorhinus at The Reptile Database.
- 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. (Tretanorhinus mocquardi, p. 181).
Further reading
- Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G, Duméril A (1854). Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième . Première partie. Comprenant l'histoire des serpents non venimeux. Paris: Roret. xvi + 780 pp. (Tretanorhinus, new genus, pp. 348–349; T. variabilis, new species, pp. 349–351). (in French).
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