Hebius boulengeri

Hebius boulengeri is a species in snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is also known as the Tai-yong keelback or Boulenger's keelback.

For the Sri Lankan species called Boulenger's keelback, see Fowlea asperrimus

Hebius boulengeri

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Hebius
Species:
H. boulengeri
Binomial name
Hebius boulengeri
(Gressitt, 1937)
Synonyms[2]
  • Natrix boulengeri
    Gressitt, 1937
  • Amphiesma boulengeri
    — Malnate, 1960
  • Hebius boulengeri
    — Guo et al., 2014
  • Amphiesma boulengeri
    — Wallach et al., 2014

Etymology

The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[3]

Geographic range

It is found in Cambodia, China, and Vietnam.[2]

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References
  1. "Hebius boulengeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  2. Species Hebius boulengeri at The 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 boulengeri, p. 35).

Further reading
  • Gressitt, J. Linsley (1937). "A New Snake from Southeastern China". Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 50: 125–128. (Natrix boulengeri, new species).


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