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Groundwater's keelback

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Species of snake

Groundwater's keelback
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Hebius
Species: H. groundwateri
Binomial name
Hebius groundwateri
(M.A. Smith, 1922)
Synonyms
  • Natrix groundwateri
    M.A. Smith, 1922
  • Amphiesma groundwateri
    — Chan-ard et al., 1999
  • Hebius groundwateri
    — Guo et al., 2014
  • Amphiesma groundwateri
    — Wallach et al., 2014
  • Hebius groundwateri
    — David et al., 2021

Groundwater's keelback (Hebius groundwateri) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Thailand.

Etymology

The specific name, groundwateri, is in honor of zoological illustrator Mr. C.L. Groundwater.

Geographic range

H. groundwateri is found in southern Thailand, in Ranong Province.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. groundwateri is forest.

Description

H. groundwateri may attain a total length of 45 cm (18 in), which includes a tail 16.5 cm (6.5 in) long.

Reproduction

H. groundwateri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Chan-Ard, T.; Vogel, G. (2016). "Hebius groundwateri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T176334A96295119. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T176334A96295119.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Hebius groundwateri at The Reptile Database
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. xiii + 296 pp. (Amphiesma groundwateri, p. 109).
  4. Taylor EH (1965).

Further reading

  • Chan-ard T, Nabhitabhta J, Parr JWK (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-973649-2 (hardcover): ISBN 978-0-19-973650-8 (paperback).
  • 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 groundwateri, new combination).
  • Smith MA (1922). "Notes on Reptiles and Batrachians from Siam and Indo-China, (No. 1)". Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam 4 (4): 203-214 + Plate 8. (Natrix groundwateri, new species, pp. 205–206 + Plate 8, figure 2).
  • Taylor EH (1965). "The Serpents of Thailand and Adjacent Waters". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 65 (9): 609–1096. (Natrix groundwateri, pp. 827–828).


Taxon identifiers
Amphiesma groundwateri


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