Andrea's keelback

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Andrea's keelback
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Hebius
Species:
H. andreae
Binomial name
Hebius andreae
(Ziegler  [ de ] & Le, 2006)
Synonyms [2]
  • Amphiesma andreae
    Ziegler & Le, 2006
  • Hebius andreae
    Guo et al., 2014

Andrea's keelback (Hebius andreae) is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to Vietnam.

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Etymology

The specific name, andreae, is in honor of Andrea Ziegler, wife of German herpetologist Thomas Ziegler  [ de ]. [3]

Geographic range

H. andreae is found in the central Annamite Range in Vietnam. [4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. andreae is forest, at an altitude of 450 m (1,480 ft). [1]

Discovery

Only one specimen of H. andreae has ever been examined and photographed. In 2006, Thomas Ziegler and Le Khac Quyet, captured a male in the area of Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park whose coloring was distinct enough from other known keelbacks to be described as a newly discovered species. There has been one bite recorded from this species on Bharathi Pochu. [4]

Reproduction

H. andreae is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Stuart, B.; Nguyen, T.Q. (2016). "Hebius andreae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T192157A96269999. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T192157A96269999.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Hebius andreae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. 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. (Amphiesma andreae, p. 9).
  4. 1 2 Ziegler T  [ de ], Le KQ (2006). "A new natricine snake of the genus Amphiesma (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from the central Truong Son, Vietnam". Zootaxa1225: 39–56. (Amphiesma andreae, new species).