Wall's keelback

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Wall's keelback
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Herpetoreas
Species:
H. xenura
Binomial name
Herpetoreas xenura
(Wall, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Tropidonotus xenura
    Wall, 1907
  • Natrix xenurus Wall, 1923
  • Natrix xenura
    M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Paranatrix xenura
    Mahendra, 1984
  • Amphiesma xenura
    Das, 1996 [2]
  • Hebius xenura

Wall's keelback (Herpetoreas xenura) is a species of natricine snake endemic to Northeast India. [2]

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Geographic range

It is found in Khasi Hills in the Indian state of Meghalaya. [2] It is also found in Myanmar. [3]

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References

  1. Wogan, G.; Ghosh, A.; Khan, M. (2021). "Hebius xenura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T192012A2027882. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Herpetoreas xenura at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 August 2020.
  3. "Herpetoreas xenura (Strange-tailed Keelback)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2022-09-19.

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