Biology:Hebius deschauenseei
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Short description: Species of snake
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Hebius |
| Species: | H. deschauenseei
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| Hebius deschauenseei (Taylor, 1934)
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Hebius deschauenseei, commonly known as the northern keelback or Deschauensee's keelback, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia.[1][2][3]
Etymology
The specific name, deschauenseei, is in honor of American ornithologist Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee, who collected the type specimen.[4]
Geographic range
H. deschauenseei is found in Thailand, Vietnam, and southern China (Yunnan and Guizhou).[5]
Its type locality is in Chiang Mai province of Thailand.[1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of H. deschauenseei is forest with streams, at altitudes from sea level to 300 m (980 ft).[5]
Reproduction
H. deschsuenseei is oviparous.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hebius deschauenseei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 August 2014.
- ↑ "Amphiesma deschauenseei (TAYLOR, 1934)". ubio.org. http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=7166541.
- ↑ "Amphiesma deschauenseei ". Animal Diversity Web. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Amphiesma_deschauenseei/classification/.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2014). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphiesma deschauenseei, p. 70).
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Further reading
- David P, Vogel G, Nguyen TQ, Orlov NL, Pauwels OSG, Teynié A, Ziegler T (2021). "A revision of the dark-bellied, stream-dwelling snakes of the genus Hebius (Reptilia: Squamata: Natricidae) with the description of a new species from China, Vietnam and Thailand". Zootaxa 4911: 1–61.
- Taylor EH (1934). "Zoological Results of the Third De Schauensee Siamese Expedition, Part III. Amphibians and Reptiles". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 86: 281–310. (Natrix deschauenseei, new species, p. 300).
- Taylor EH (1965). "The Serpents of Thailand and Adjacent Waters". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 45 (9): 609–1096. (Natrix deschauenseei, pp. 825–827, Figure 52).
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2844198 entry
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