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.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Tetralepis fruhstorferi, p. 95).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of T. fruhstorferi is forest, at altitudes of about .
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 , plus a tail length of .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).
Behavior T. fruhstorferi is terrestrial, semi-fossorial, and nocturnal or crepuscular.
Reproduction The mode of reproduction of T. fruhstorferi is unknown.
References
Further reading Boettger O (1892). "Listen von Kriechtieren und Lurche aus dem tropischen Asien u[nd]. 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. . Inger RF, Vorhis HK (2001). "The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland". Journal of Biogeography 28: 863–891. ("Tretralepis [sic] fruhstorferi ", typographical error). Manthey U, Grossmann W (1997). Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. . (Tetralepis fruhstorferi, p. 395). (in German).