Hebius metusia

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 metusia

Name

Hebius metusia (Inger, Zhao, Shaffer & Wu, 1990)

• Holotype: CIB (Field No. 36982), adult ♀, collected by R.F. Inger, E.-M. Zhao, H.B. Shaffer and G.-F. Wu on 29 May 1987.
• Type locality: “Wa Shan, Hongya County, Sichuan Province, China, alt. 1200 m”.

Combinations

• Amphiesma metusia Inger, Zhao, Shaffer & Wu, 1990: 18 [original combination]
• Hebius metusius — Guo et al., 2014: 438 [subsequent combination, incorrect gender agreement]

References

Primary references

• Inger, R.F., Zhao, E.-M., Shaffer, H.B. & Wu, G.-F. 1990. Report on a Collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Sichuan, China. Fieldiana: Zoology 58: i–iii + 1–24. BHL 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

• David, P., Vogel, G., Nguyen, T.Q., Orlov, N.L., Pauwels, O.S.G., Teynié, A. & Ziegler, T. 2021. A revision of the dark-bellied, stream-dwelling snakes of the genus Hebius (Reptilia: Squamata: Natricidae) with the description of a new species from China, Vietnam and Thailand. Zootaxa 4911(1): 1–61. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4911.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Jiang, J., Zhou, Z. & Guo, P. 2016. IUCN: Hebius metusia  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T191958A96308626. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T191958A96308626.en. Accessed on 03 January 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Wa Shan Keelback