Biology:Eight-lined keelback

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Short description: Species of snake

Eight-lined keelback
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Hebius
Species:
H. octolineatus
Binomial name
Hebius octolineatus
(Boulenger, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Tropidonotus octolineatus
  • Tropidonotus quadrilineatus
  • Tropidonotus pleurotaenia
  • Tropidonotus parallelus var. sublaevis
  • Natrix septemlineata
  • Natrix octolineata
  • Natrix nigroreticulata
  • Amphiesma octolineata
  • Amphiesma octolineatum

The eight-lined keelback (Hebius octolineatus) is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. It is endemic to southwestern China .[1][2]

Geographic range

The snake is found in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Guangxi provinces of China.[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 China Snakes Working Group. (2016). "Hebius octolineatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T192104A96310991. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T192104A96310991.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/192104/96310991. Retrieved 3 January 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Hebius octolineatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 3 January 2021.

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