Herpetoreas

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus:
Species (9): H. abros – H. burbrinki – H. davidi – H. murlen – H. pealii – H. platyceps – H. sieboldii – H. tpser – H. xenura

Herpetoreas Günther, 1860: 156

• Type species: Herpetoreas sieboldii Günther, 1860, by monotypy.

• Günther, A. 1860. Contribution to the knowledge of the reptiles of the Himalaya mountains. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 28(1): 148–175. BHL Reference page. 

• 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. 
• Lalronunga, S., Lalrinchhana, C., Das, A., Gower, D.J. & Deepak, V. 2020. A multilocus molecular perspective on the systematics of the poorly known Northeast Indian colubrid snakes Blythia reticulata (Blyth, 1854), B. hmuifang Vogel, Lalremsanga & Vanlalhrima, 2017, and Hebius xenura (Wall, 1907). Zootaxa 4768(2): 193–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.2.2 Reference page. 
• Das, A., Gower, D.J. & Deepak, V. 2020. Lost and found: rediscovery and systematics of the Northeast Indian snake Hebius pealii (Sclater, 1891). Vertebrate Zoology 70(3): 305–318. DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-3-2020-04 Reference page. 
• Lalremsanga, H.T., Bal, A.K., Vogel, G. & Biakzuala, L. 2022. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of lesser known colubrid snakes reveal a new species of Herpetoreas (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae), and new insights into the systematics of Gongylosoma scriptum and its allies from northeastern India. Salamandra 58(2): 101–115. PDF Reference page. 
• Ren, J.-L., Jiang, K., Huang, J.-J., David, P. & Li, J.-T. 2022. Taxonomic Review of the Genus Herpetoreas (Serpentes: Natricidae), with the Description of a New Species from Tibet, China. Diversity 14(2): 79. DOI: 10.3390/d14020079 Reference page. 
• Nguyen, T.V., Lalremsanga, H.T., Biakzuala, L. & Vogel, G. 2024. Taxonomic reassessment of the Herpetoreas xenura (Wall, 1907) (Squamata: Serpentes: Natricidae) from Myanmar with description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 932(1): 158–203. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.932.2519 Reference page. 
• Liu, S., Hou, M., Zhou, H.-X., Zuo, C.-S. & Yin, F.-W. & Rao, D.-Q. 2024. A New Species of Herpetoreas Günther, 1860 (Serpentes: Natricidae) from Yunnan, China. Diversity 16(12): 768. DOI: 10.3390/d16120768 Reference page. 

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Herpetoreas . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 May 2025.