Hebius khasiensis
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Hebius
Species:
Name
Hebius khasiensis (Boulenger, 1890)
- Syntypes (4): BMNH 1946.1.12.80, adult ♀, and BMNH 1946.1.12.81–82, adult ♂ (all formerly BM 70.11.30.33), collected by T.C. Jerdon; BMNH 1946.13.45 (formerly 53.8.12.44), juvenile indet., collected by Sir. J. Hooker.
- Type locality: “Khasi Hills”, Meghalaya, India.
Combinations
- Tropidonotus khasiensis Boulenger, 1890: 344 [original combination]
- Natrix khasiensis — Wall, 1923: 601 [subsequent combination]
- Amphiesma khasiensis — Malnate, 1960: 50 [subsequent combination]
- Amphiesma khasiense — Zhao, Chang & Zhao, 2000: 232 [subsequent combination, change spelling]
- Hebius khasiense — Guo et al., 2014: 438 [subsequent combination]
References
Primary references
- Boulenger, G.A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis: London. xviii + 541 pp. BHL
- Wall, F. 1926. Snakes collected in Burma in 1925. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 31(3): 558–566. BHL
- Malnate, E.V. 1960. Systematic division and evolution of the colubrid snake genus Natrix, with comments on the subfamily Natricinae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112(3): 41–71. JSTOR
- Guo, G., Zhu, F., Liu, Q., Zhang, L., Li, J.X., Huang, Y.Y. & Pyron, R.A. 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3873.4.5 Reference page.
Additional references
- David, P., Vogel, G. & van Rooijen, J. 2013. On some taxonomically confused species of the genus Amphiesma Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 related to Amphiesma khasiense (Boulenger, 1890) (Squamata, Natricidae). Zootaxa 3694(4): 301–335. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3694.4.1
Reference page.
Vernacular names
- English: Khasi Hills Keelback