Herpetoreas pealii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Herpetoreas
Species: Herpetoreas pealii

Name

Herpetoreas pealii (Sclater, 1891)

• Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.13.43, adult ♂, collected by S.E. Peal. [designated by Das, Gower & Deepak (2020: 309)]
• Type locality: “Sibsagar district of Assam”, India.
• Paralectotype: ZSIK 4034, adult ♂, collection data as for lectotype.
• Etymology: Named after Samuel Edward Peal (1834–1897), the collector.

Combinations

• Tropidonotus pealii Sclater, 1891: 241 [original combination]
• Natrix pealii — Wall, 1923: 600 [subsequent combination]
• Amphiesma peali [sic] — Malnate, 1960: 50 [subsequent combination]
• Amphiesma pealii — Das et al., 1998: 151 [subsequent combination]
• Hebius pealii — Guo et al., 2014: 438 [subsequent combination]
• Herpetoreas pealii — Das, Gower & Deepak, 2020: 309 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Sclater, W.L. 1891. Notes on a collection of snakes in the Indian Museum, with descriptions of several new species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal LX: 230–250. BHL
• Das, A., Gower, D.J. & Deepak, V. 2020. Lost and found: rediscovery and systematics of the Northeast Indian snake Hebius pealii (Sclater, 1891). Vertebrate Zoology 70(3): 305–318. DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-3-2020-04 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2020. Herpetoreas pealii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 October 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Assam Keelback