Deschauensee's keelback (Hebius deschauenseei)

Species of Thailand

Deschauensee's keelback

Hebius deschauenseei, Edward Harrison Taylor, 1934

(In Thai: งูลายสาบท้องสามขีด, ngu lai saap thong saam khid)

Amphiesma deschauenseei, commonly known as the northern keelback or Deschauensee's keelback, is a species of nonvenomous natricine snake endemic to Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, deschauenseei, is in honor of American ornithologist Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee, who collected the type specimen.

Geographic range

A. deschauenseei is found in Thailand, Vietnam, and southern China (Yunnan and Guizhou).

Its type locality is in Chiang Mai province of Thailand.

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Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Hebius
Species: Hebius deschauenseei

Common names

German: Deschauensees Wassernatter
English:
- Deschauensee’s keelback
- Northern keelback
Thai: งูลายสาบท้องสามขีด, ngu lai saap thong saam khid

Synonyms

Amphiesma deschauenseei, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (2015)
Amphiesma deschauenseei, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
Hebius deschauenseei, Peng Guo et al. (2014)
Amphiesma deschauenseei, Patrick David et al. (2007)
Amphiesma deschauenseei, Patrick David, Gernot Vogel & Olivier S.G. Pauwels (1998)
Natrix deschauenseei, Edward Harrison Taylor (1934)

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Photos

Distribution map of Deschauensee's keelback, Hebius deschauenseei in Thailand — Range map of Hebius deschauenseei in Thailand

Thai National Parks

Species of Thailand