Hebius concelarus

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 concelarus

Name

Hebius concelarus (Malnate, 1963)

• Holotype: CAS 21905, adult ♀, collected by Víctor Kühne, on 23–24 May 1910.
• Type locality: “Miyako-shima, Miyako group, Riukiu [=Ryukyu] Islands”.
• Paratype: CAS 21920, adult ♂, collected by Víctor Kühne, from “Iriomonte-shima (?), Yaeyama group, Riukiu [=Ryukyu] Islands”.

Combinations

• Amphiesma pryeri concelarum Malnate, 1963: 2 [original combination]
• Amphiesma concelarum — Ota & Iwanaga, 1997: 355 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
• Hebius concelarum — Guo, Zhu, Liu, Zhang, Li, Huang & Pyron, 2014: 438 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Japan: Ryukyu Archipelago: Miyako Group: Miyako and Irabu Islands.

References

Primary references

• Malnate, E.V. 1963. A new race of Amphiesma pryeri (Serpentes: Natricinae) from the southern Riukiu Island of Miyako-Shima. Notulae Naturae 360: 1–6.
• Ota, H. & Iwanaga, S. 1997. A systematic review of the snakes allied to Amphiesma pryeri (Squamata: Colubridae) in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 121(4): 339–360. DOI: 10.1006/zjls.1996.0091 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

• Environment Agency of Japan (eds.), 2000. Threatened Wildlife of Japan -Red Data Book 2nd ed.- Reptillia/Amphibia. ISBN4-915959-70-8. [1]

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hebius concelarus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 August 2018.
• Kidera, N. & Ota, H. 2017. IUCN: Hebius concelarus  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T96252506A96252557. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T96252506A96252557.en

Vernacular names

English: Miyako Kellback
日本語: ミヤコヒバァ