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Species of snake

Hebius clerki
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. clerki
Binomial name
Hebius clerki
(Wall, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Natrix clerki
    Wall, 1925
  • Natrix parallela
    — M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Hebius clerki
    — Guo et al., 2014
  • Amphiesma clerki
    — David et al., 2015

Hebius clerki, also known commonly as the Yunnan keelback, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Asia.

Geographic range

H. clerki is found in northeastern India, northern Myanmar, southwestern China (Yunnan), Nepal, and Bhutan.

Taxonomy

Many authors have considered H. clerki to be a synonym of H. parallelus (formerly Amphiesma parallelum), but a 2015 study revalidated H. clerki. It is possible that many records of H. parallelus actually represent H. clerki.

Habitat

H. clerki is a terrestrial snake inhabiting subtropical moist hill forests above 1,000 m (3,300 ft), often close to water.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of H. clerki is unknown.

References

  1. ^ Ghosh, A. (2021). "Hebius clerki ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T96293876A96293910. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  2. ^ Hebius clerki at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 August 2023.

Further reading

  • David P, Agarwal I, Athreya R, Mathew R, Vogel G, Mistry VK (2015). "Revalidation of Natrix clerki Wall, 1925, an overlooked species in the genus Amphiesma Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Squamata: Natricidae)". Zootaxa 3919 (2): 375–395.
  • Guo P, Zhu F, Liu Q, Zhang L, 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 clerki, new combination).
  • Wall F (2025). "Notes on Snakes collected in Burma in 1924". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 30 (4): 805–821. (Natrix clerki, new species, p. 809).


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Hebius clerki


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