Hebius leucomystax

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 leucomystax

Name

Hebius leucomystax (David, Bain, Nguyen, Orlov, Vogel, Thanh & Ziegler, 2007)

• Holotype: ZFMK 71702, adult ♀, collected by Thomas Ziegler on 12 July 1997.
• Type locality: “southeastern border of the Ky Anh-Ke Go lowland forest protected area, surroundings 18°00’N-106°06’E, Cam Xuyen District, Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam, 125 m asl”.

Combinations

• Amphiesma arquus David, Bain, Nguyen, Orlov, Vogel, Thanh & Ziegler, 2007: 43 [original combination]
• Hebius arquus — Guo et al., 2014: 438 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• David, P., Bain, R.H., Nguyen, T.Q., Orlov, N.L., Vogel, G., Thanh, V.N. & Ziegler, T. 2007. A new species of the natricine snake genus Amphiesma from the Indochinese Region (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae). Zootaxa 1462: 41–60. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 
• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hebius leucomystax. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 August 2018.
• Stuart, B., Thy, N. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2016. IUCN: Hebius leucomystax  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T191919A96308128. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T191919A96308128.en

Vernacular names

English: White-lipped Keelback