Hebius vibakari

Hebius vibakari

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 vibakari
Subspecies (3): H. v. danjoensis – H. v. ruthveni – H. v. vibakari

Name

Hebius vibakari (Boie, 1826)

• Lectotype: RMNH RENA.1068, collected by P.F.B. von Siebold, 1823–1826. [designated by Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014: 34)]
• Type locality: “Jap. [=Japan]”, redesignated by lectotype designation to “Decima, Japan” by Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014: 34).
• Paralectotypes: (3): RMNH RENA.47305-07, same data as for lectotype.

Combinations

• Tropidonotus vibakari Boie, 1826: 207 [original combination]
• Natrix vibakari — Stejnegeri, 1907: 266 [subsequent combination]
• Hebius vibakari — Thompson, 1913: 424 [subsequent combination]
• Amphiesma vibakari — Malnate, 1960: 51 [subsequent combination]
• Hebius vibakari — Guo, Zhu, Liu, Zhang, Li, Huang & Pyron, 2014: 438 [subsequent combination, restaure genus]

Native distribution areas

• Russia: Amur, Primoryi, Khabarovsk
• China: Jilin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang
• North Korea
• South Korea
• Japan: Kyushu, Honshu, Shikoku

References

Primary references

• Boie, H. 1826. Merkmale einiger japanischen Lurche. Isis von Oken 18(2): 203–216. BHL Reference page. 
• Stejneger, L.H. 1907. Herpetology of Japan and adjacent territory. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 58: xx + 1–577, 35 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Malnate, E.V. 1960. Systematic Division and Evolution of the Colubrid Snake Genus Natrix, with Comments on the Subfamily Natricinae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 112: 41–71. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 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. 

Additional references

• Malnate, E.V. 1962. The relationships of five species of the Asiatic natricine snake genus Amphiesma. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 114(8): 251–299. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hebius vibakari. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 August 2018.
• Borzee, A., Kidera, N., Borkin, L., Orlov, N.L. & Working Group, C. 2021. IUCN: Hebius vibakari  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T192162A2049133. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T192162A2049133.en

Vernacular names

English: Japanese Keelback
日本語: ヒバカリ
русский: Японский уж
中文: 东亚腹链蛇

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