Wall's keelback

Wall's keelback
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Herpetoreas
Species:
H. xenura
Binomial name
Herpetoreas xenura
(Wall, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Tropidonotus xenura
    Wall, 1907
  • Natrix xenurus – Wall, 1923
  • Natrix xenura
    – M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Paranatrix xenura
    – Mahendra, 1984
  • Amphiesma xenura
    – Das, 1996
  • Hebius xenura

Wall's keelback (Herpetoreas xenura) is a species of natricine snake endemic to Northeast India and Bangladesh .

Geographic range

It is found in Khasi Hills in the Indian state of Meghalaya,. It is also found in Bangladesh and Myanmar.

References

  1. ↑ Wogan, G.; Ghosh, A.; Khan, M. (2021). "Hebius xenura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T192012A2027882. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Herpetoreas xenura at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Herpetoreas xenura (Strange-tailed Keelback)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2022-09-19.

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