Hebius ishigakiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Hebius ishigakiensis (Malnate & Munsterman, 1960)

Holotype: CAS 21913, adult ♂, collected by Víctor Kühne between 25 May–2 June 1910.
Type locality: “Ishigaki-shima, Yaeyama group, Riukiu [=Ryukyu] Islands”, Japan.
Paratypes: CAS 21914, 21917, 21919, all ♂; CAS 21912, 21915, 21916, 21918, 21921, all ♀, same data as holotype.

Natrix pryeri ishigakiense Malnate & Munsterman, 1960: 61 [original combination, as subspecies]
Amphiesma pryeri ishigakiensis — Malnate, 1962: 283 [subsequent combination]
Amphiesma ishigakiense — Ota & Iwanaga, 1997: 354 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]
Hebius ishigakiense — Guo, Zhu, Liu, Zhang, Li, Huang & Pyron, 2014: 438 [subsequent combination]

Malnate, E.V. & Munsterman, H.E. 1960. Interpopulation variation in the colubrid snake Natrix pryeri from the Riukiu Islands, with description of a new subspecies. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Series 4 31(2): 51–67. BHL Reference page.
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.

Kidera, N. & Ota, H. 2017. IUCN: Hebius ishigakiensis (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T96252669A96252674. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T96252669A96252674.en. Accessed on 29 June 2026.