Sikkim keelback | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Herpetoreas |
Species: | H. sieboldii |
Binomial name | |
Herpetoreas sieboldii (Günther, 1860) | |
Synonyms [2] | |
The Sikkim keelback (Herpetoreas sieboldii) is a species of grass snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South Asia and Myanmar. [3] It is closely related to the Himalayan keelback, and some treat this species as a synonym (Tillack 2003).
H. sieboldii is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India (Punjab, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh), Myanmar (formerly called Burma), Nepal, and Pakistan. [2]
The specific name, sieboldii, is in honor of German zoologist Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold.
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