NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2017

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Natricinae
  Family - Colubridae
  Infraorder - Alethinophidia
  Suborder - Serpentes
  Order - Squamata
  Class - Reptilia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Opisthotropis alcalai
      Species - Opisthotropis andersonii
      Species - Opisthotropis guangxiensis
      Species - Opisthotropis jacobi
      Species - Opisthotropis kikuzatoi
      Species - Opisthotropis kuatunensis
      Species - Opisthotropis lateralis
      Species - Opisthotropis latouchii
      Species - Opisthotropis maxwelli
      Species - Opisthotropis rugosa
      Species - Opisthotropis spenceri
      Species - Opisthotropis typica
      Species - Opisthotropis atra
      Species - Opisthotropis balteata
      Species - Opisthotropis tamdaoensis
      Species - Opisthotropis cheni
      Species - Opisthotropis cucae
      Species - Opisthotropis daovantieni
      Species - Opisthotropis maculosa
      Species - Opisthotropis durandi
      Species - Opisthotropis shenzhenensis
      Species - Opisthotropis laui
      Species - Opisthotropis zhaoermii