Herpetoreas sieboldii

Sikkim keelback
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Herpetoreas
Species:
H. sieboldii
Binomial name
Herpetoreas sieboldii
(Günther, 1860)
Synonyms[2]
  • Herpetoreas sieboldii
    Günther, 1860
  • Amphiesma sieboldii
    — Das, 1996
  • Herpetoreas sieboldii
    — Guo et al., 2014

The Sikkim keelback (Herpetoreas sieboldii) is a species of grass snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South Asia and Myanmar.[3] It is closely related to the Himalayan keelback, and some treat this species as a synonym (Tillack 2003).

Geographic range

H. sieboldii is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India (Punjab, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh), Myanmar (formerly called Burma), Nepal, and Pakistan.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, sieboldii, is in honor of German zoologist Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold.

Reproduction

H. sieboldii is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ Das, A. & Ghosh, A. (2021). "Herpetoreas sieboldii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T176337A96268819. Retrieved 18 November 2021.{cite journal}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c Species Herpetoreas sieboldii at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ "Herpetoreas sieboldii". The Reptile Database.

Further reading

  • Günther A (1860). "Contributions to a Knowledge of the Reptiles of the Himalaya Mountains". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1860: 148–175. (Herpetoreas sieboldii, new species, pp. 156–157).
  • Günther A (1864). The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor & Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. (Herpetoreas sieboldii, pp. 257–258).
  • Kramer E (1977). "Zur Schlangenfauna Nepals ". Rev. suisse Zool. 84 (3): 721–761. (in German).
  • Malnate EV (1966). "Amphiesma platyceps (Blyth) and Amphiesma sieboldii (Günther): sibling species (Reptilia: Serpentes)". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 63 (1): 1–17.
  • Theobald W (1868). "Catalogue of Reptiles in the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal". J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Calcutta 37 (extra number 146): (2), vi + 7-88.
  • Theobald W (1876). Descriptive Catalogue of the Reptiles of British India. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co. xiii + 238 pp.
  • Tillack F (2003). "Über die Verbreitung und Biologie der Himalaya-Gebirgswassernatter Amphiesma platyceps (Blyth 1854) und einen Fall von Amphigonia retardata (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae)". Sauria 25 (1): 21–27. (in German).