Hebius venningi

Hebius venningi, commonly known as the Chin Hills keelback or Venning's keelback, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia.

Hebius venningi

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Hebius
Species:
H. venningi
Binomial name
Hebius venningi
(Wall, 1910)
Synonyms[2]
  • Tropidonotus venningi
    Wall, 1910
  • Natrix venningi
    — M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Amphiesma venningi
    — Malnate, 1960
  • Paranatrix venningi
    — Mahendra, 1984
  • Hebius venningi
    — Guo et al., 2014

Etymology

The specific name, venningi, is in honor of British ornithologist Francis Esmond Wingate Venning (1882–1970).[3]

Geographic range

It is found in southwestern China (Yunnan), northeastern India (Meghalaya), and Myanmar.[2]

Diet

It preys upon tadpoles.[4][5]

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References
  1. "Hebius venningi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  2. "Hebius venningi ". 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 venningi, p. 274).
  4. M.A. Smith, 1943.
  5. I. Das, 2002.

Further reading
  • Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Amphiesma venningi, p. 19).
  • 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 venningi, pp. 286–287).
  • Wall F (1910). "A new Tropidonotus from the Chin Hills". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 20: 345–346. (Tropidonotus venningi, new species).


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