Hebius boulengeri

Hebius boulengeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Hebius
Species: Hebius boulengeri

Name

Hebius boulengeri (Gressitt, 1937)

• Holotype: MVZ 23623, adult ♀, collected by J.L. Gressitt on 5 August 1936
• Type locality: “Tai-yong, alt. 640 meters, E. Kwantung province, southeastern China (lat. 23°34' N., long. 115°55’ E)”, now Dayang, Jiexi County, Guangdong Province, China.

Combinations

• Natrix boulengeri Gressitt, 1937: 125 [original combination]
• Amphiesma boulengeri — Malnate, 1960: 50 [subsequent combination]
• Hebius boulengeri — Guo et al., 2014: 437 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Gressitt, J.L. 1937. A new snake from southeastern China. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 50: 125–128. BHL
• Malnate, E.V. 1960. Systematic division and evolution of the colubrid snake genus Natrix, with comments on the subfamily Natricinae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112(3): 41–71. JSTOR
• Guo, G., Zhu, F., Liu, Q., Zhang, L., Li, J.X., Huang, Y.Y. & Pyron, R.A. 2014. A taxonomic revision of the Asian keelback snakes, genus Amphiesma (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3873(4): 425–440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3873.4.5 Reference page. 

Additional references

• David, P., Vogel, G. & van Rooijen, J. 2013. On some taxonomically confused species of the genus Amphiesma Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 related to Amphiesma khasiense (Boulenger, 1890) (Squamata, Natricidae). Zootaxa 3694(4): 301–335. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3694.4.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hebius boulengeri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 September 2019.
• Jiang, J. & Lau, M. 2016. IUCN: Hebius boulengeri  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T192130A96293644. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T192130A96293644.en
• Hebius boulengeri – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Boulenger's Keelback