Hebius boulengeri

Hebius boulengeri is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is also known commonly as the Tai-yong keelback or Boulenger's keelback.[3]

Hebius boulengeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Hebius
Species:
H. boulengeri
Binomial name
Hebius boulengeri
(Gressitt, 1937)
Synonyms[2]
  • Natrix boulengeri
    Gressitt, 1937
  • Amphiesma boulengeri
    — Malnate, 1960
  • Hebius boulengeri
    — Guo et al., 2014
  • Amphiesma boulengeri
    — Wallach et al., 2014

Etymology

The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[4]

Geographic range

H. boulengeri is found in Cambodia, China, and Vietnam.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of H. boulengeri are forest and freshwater streams and wetlands. It is also found in rice paddies.[1]

Diet

H. boulengeri preys upon fishes and amphibians.[1]

Reproduction

H. boulengeri is oviparous.[1][2]

References
  1. Jiang, J.; Lau, M. (2016). "Hebius boulengeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T192130A96293644. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T192130A96293644.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. Species Hebius boulengeri at The Reptile Database .
  3. Not to be confused with the Sri Lankan species called Boulenger's keelback, Fowlea asperrimus
  4. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphiesma boulengeri, p. 35).

Further reading
  • Gressitt, J. Linsley (1937). "A New Snake from Southeastern China". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 50: 125–128. (Natrix boulengeri, new species).



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