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Pope's keelback

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Species of snake

Pope's keelback
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. popei
Binomial name
Hebius popei
(Schmidt, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Natrix popei
    Schmidt, 1925
  • Natrix vibakari popei
    Mell, 1931
  • Amphiesma popei
    Malnate, 1960
  • Hebius popei
    Guo et al., 2014

Pope's keelback (Hebius popei) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Vietnam and southern China.

Etymology

The specific name, popei, is in honor of American herpetologist Clifford H. Pope.

Geographic range

H. popei is found in southern China (including the island of Hainan) and northern Vietnam.

Habitat

The natural habitats of H. popei are mountain and hill streams in forests at elevations of 281–900 m (922–2,953 ft) above sea level.

Reproduction

H. popei is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Lau, M.; Li, P.; Jiang, J.; Wang, Y. (2016). "Hebius popei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T176336A96311834. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T176336A96311834.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Hebius popei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 February 2021.
  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 popei, p. 209).

Further reading

  • Malnate EV (1960). "Systematic Division and Evolution of the Colubrid Snake Genus Natrix, with Comments on the Subfamily Natricinae". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 112 (3): 41–71. (Amphiesma popei, new combination).
  • Schmidt KP (1925). "New Reptiles and a new Salamander from China". American Museum Novitates (157): 1–5. (Natrix popei, new species, p. 3).


Taxon identifiers
Hebius popei
Amphiesma popei


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