Andrea's keelback
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Hebius
Species:
H. andreae
Binomial name
Hebius andreae
(Ziegler & Le, 2006)
Synonyms[2]
  • Amphiesma andreae
    Ziegler & Le, 2006
  • Hebius andreae
    — Guo et al., 2014

Andrea's keelback (Hebius andreae) is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to Vietnam.

Etymology

The specific name, andreae, is in honor of Andrea Ziegler, wife of German herpetologist Thomas Ziegler.[3]

Geographic range

H. andreae is found in the central Annamite Range in Vietnam.[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. andreae is forest, at an altitude of 450 m (1,480 ft).[1]

Discovery

Only one specimen of H. andreae has ever been examined and photographed. In 2006, Thomas Ziegler and Le Khac Quyet, captured a male in the area of Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park whose coloring was distinct enough from other known keelbacks to be described as a newly discovered species. There has been one bite recorded from this species on Bharathi Pochu.[4]

Reproduction

H. andreae is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Stuart, B.; Nguyen, T.Q. (2016). "Hebius andreae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T192157A96269999. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T192157A96269999.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Hebius andreae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphiesma andreae, p. 9).
  4. 1 2 Ziegler T, Le KQ (2006). "A new natricine snake of the genus Amphiesma (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from the central Truong Son, Vietnam". Zootaxa 1225: 39–56. (Amphiesma andreae, new species).


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