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Hebius sauteri

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Species of snake

Hebius sauteri
Conservation status

Least Concern  (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. sauteri
Binomial name
Hebius sauteri
(Boulenger, 1909)
Synonyms
  • 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 [de].

Distribution and habitat

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

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).

Reproduction

H. sauteri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Jiang, J.; Lau, M.W.N. (2016). "Hebius sauteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T192114A96313172. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T192114A96313172.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Hebius sauteri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  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).

Further reading

  • 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).
Taxon identifiers
Amphiesma sauteri


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