Hebius khasiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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 Superclassis: 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 Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Hebius
Species: Hebius khasiensis

Name

Hebius khasiensis (Boulenger, 1890)

• Syntypes (4): BMNH 1946.1.12.80, adult ♀, and BMNH 1946.1.12.81–82, adult ♂ (all formerly BM 70.11.30.33), collected by T.C. Jerdon; BMNH 1946.13.45 (formerly 53.8.12.44), juvenile indet., collected by Sir. J. Hooker.
• Type locality: “Khasi Hills”, Meghalaya, India.

Combinations

• Tropidonotus khasiensis Boulenger, 1890: 344 [original combination]
• Natrix khasiensis — Wall, 1923: 601 [subsequent combination]
• Amphiesma khasiensis — Malnate, 1960: 50 [subsequent combination]
• Amphiesma khasiense — Zhao, Chang & Zhao, 2000: 232 [subsequent combination, change spelling]
• Hebius khasiense — Guo et al., 2014: 438 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis: London. xviii + 541 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Wall, F. 1926. Snakes collected in Burma in 1925. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 31(3): 558–566. BHL
• Malnate, E.V. 1960. Systematic division and evolution of the colubrid snake genus Natrix, with comments on the subfamily Natricinae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112(3): 41–71. JSTOR
• 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. & van Rooijen, J. 2013. On some taxonomically confused species of the genus Amphiesma Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 related to Amphiesma khasiense (Boulenger, 1890) (Squamata, Natricidae). Zootaxa 3694(4): 301–335. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3694.4.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Vogel, G. & Wogan, G. 2021. IUCN: Hebius khasiensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T192113A2041519. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T192113A2041519.en. Accessed on 23 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Khasi Hills Keelback