Sabah keelback
| Sabah keelback | |
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| Image of a Hebius flavifrons | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Hebius |
| Species: | H. flavifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| Hebius flavifrons (Boulenger, 1887) | |
| Synonyms | |
The Sabah keelback (Hebius flavifrons) is a nonvenomous colubrid endemic to Borneo.
Description
Adults are about 54 cm (21 inches) in total length, of which about 18 cm (7 inches) is tail. Body slender; midbody scales 19, keeled; ventrals 149–157; subcaudals 92–101; dorsum olive-grey, with darker markings; a distinctive white to yellowish-cream spot on snout.
Habitat and behavior
It is frequently encountered in rivers in the plains and midhills, seen swimming with its head held out of water.
Diet
Reproduction
Nothing is known about its reproductive biology.
Geographic range
It is endemic to Borneo. It has been found in Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak.
References
- 1 2 Inger, R.F.; Iskandar, D.; Das, I. (2016). "Hebius flavifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T176333A96294516. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T176333A96294516.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- 1 2 Hebius flavifrons at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 September 2014.
- ↑ Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families...Colubridæ Aglyphæ, Part. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). London. xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I.-XXVIII. (Tropidonotus flavifrons, p. 263.)
- 1 2 3 4 Das, I. 2006. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Borneo. Ralph Curtis Books. Sanibel Island, Florida. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Amphiesma flavifrons, p. 19.)
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