Hebius pryeri

Hebius pryeri

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 pryeri

Name

Hebius pryeri (Boulenger, 1887)

• Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.7.63, ♂, collected by H. Pryer in 1886. [designated by Ota & Iwanaga (1997: 353)]
• Type locality: “Loo Choo Islands”, restricted to “Okinawa Island” by Malnate & Munsterman (1960: 52).
• Paralectotypes (3): BMNH 1946.1.7.62, 64–65, same data as for lectotype.

Combinations

• Tropidonotus pryeri Boulenger, 1887: 149 [original combination]
• Natrix pryeri — Stejneger, 1907: 284 [subsequent combination]
• Amphiesma pryeri — Malnate, 1960: 51 [subsequent combination]
• Hebius pryeri — Guo, Zhu, Liu, Zhang, Li, Huang & Pyron, 2014: 438 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Japan: Ryukyu Archipelago: Okinawa and Amani Groups.

References

Additional references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1887. On a collection of reptiles and batrachians made by Mr. H. Pryer in the Loo Choo Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 55(1): 146–150. 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. 
• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hebius pryeri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 September 2019.
• Kidera, N. & Ota, H. 2017. IUCN: Hebius pryeri  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T96252730A96252733. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T96252730A96252733.en

Vernacular names

English: Pryer's Keelback

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