Hebius sauteri

Hebius sauteri
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Hebius
Species:	H. sauteri
Binomial name
	Hebius sauteri; (Boulenger, 1909)
Synonyms[2]
	Tropidonotus sauteri ; Boulenger, 1909; Natrix copei ; Van Denburgh, 1909; Natrix sauteri ; — Mell, 1931; Amphiesma sauteri ; — Malnate, 1960; Hebius sauteri ; — Guo et al., 2014;

Hebius sauteri, commonly known as Sauter's keelback or the Kosempo keelback, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, sauteri, is in honor of German entomologist Hans Sauter.[3]

Geographic range

H. sauteri is found in southern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of H. sauteri are freshwater wetlands, grassland, shrubland, and forest, at altitudes of 580–1,450 m (1,900–4,760 ft).[1]

Reproduction

H. sauteri is oviparous.[2]

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References

Jiang J, Lau MWN (2016). "Hebius sauteri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.old-form url
Species Hebius sauteri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org
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 sauteri, p. 233).

Boulenger GA (1909). "Descriptions of Four new Frogs and a new Snake discovered by Mr. H. Sauter in Formosa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series 4: 492–495. (Tropidonotus sauteri, new species, p. 495).
Guo P, Zhu F, Liu Q, Zhang L, Li JX, Huang YY, Pyron RA (2014). "A taxonomic revision of the Asian keelback snakes, genus Amphiesma (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae), with description of a new species". Zootaxa 3873 (4): 425–440. (Hebius sauteri, new combination).
Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Natrix sauteri, p. 287).

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[iucn-1] Jiang J, Lau MWN (2016). "Hebius sauteri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.old-form url

[RDB-2] Species Hebius sauteri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org

[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 sauteri, p. 233).