Gerarda prevostiana

Gerarda prevostiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Homalopsidae
Genus: Gerarda
Gray, 1849
Species:
G. prevostiana
Binomial name
Gerarda prevostiana
Synonyms[3]

Gerarda prevostiana, commonly known as the cat-eyed water snake, Gerard's water snake, and the glossy marsh snake, is a species of snake in the family Homalopsidae. The species is endemic to Asia. It is the only species in the genus Gerarda.

  1. ^ Murphy J (2010). "Gerarda prevostiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T176670A7281041. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176670A7281041.en. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  2. ^ Eydoux F, Gervais P (1837). "Voyage de la Favourite. Reptiles ". Magasin de Zoologie, Guérin, Paris III: 1–10. (Coluber prevostianus, new species, p. 5). (in French).
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference RDB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Genus Gerardia [sic], p. 20; species G. prevostiana, pp. 20–21).