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Hebius deschauenseei

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

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| image = Hebius deschauenseei, Deschauensee's keelback - Doi Phu Kha National Park (48535911367).jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Chan-Ard, T. |author-link=species:Tanya Chan-ard |author2=Nguyen, T.Q. |author2-link=species:Truong Quang Nguyen |date=2016 |title=Hebius deschauenseei |volume=2016 |page=e.T192053A96294242 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T192053A96294242.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| genus = Hebius

| species = deschauenseei

| authority = (Taylor, 1934)

| synonyms = *Natrix deschauenseei
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  • Macropophis deschauenseei
    {{small|– Bourret, 1936}}
  • Amphiesma deschauenseei
    {{small|— Malnate, 1960}}
  • Hebius deschauenseei
    {{small|— Guo et al., 2014}}

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Hebius deschauenseei, commonly known as the northern keelback or Deschauensee's keelback, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia.{{NRDB species |genus=Hebius |species=deschauenseei |accessdate=4 August 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=7166541|title=Amphiesma deschauenseei (TAYLOR, 1934)|publisher=ubio.org|access-date=4 August 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Amphiesma_deschauenseei/classification/|title=Amphiesma deschauenseei |publisher=Animal Diversity Web|access-date=4 August 2014}}

Etymology

The specific name, deschauenseei, is in honor of American ornithologist Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee, who collected the type specimen.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2014). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Amphiesma deschauenseei, p. 70).

Geographic range

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

Its type locality is in Chiang Mai province of Thailand.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. deschauenseei is forest with streams, at altitudes from sea level to {{convert|300|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Reproduction

H. deschsuenseei is oviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • David P, Vogel G, Nguyen TQ, Orlov NL, Pauwels OSG, Teynié A, Ziegler T (2021). "A revision of the dark-bellied, stream-dwelling snakes of the genus Hebius (Reptilia: Squamata: Natricidae) with the description of a new species from China, Vietnam and Thailand". Zootaxa 4911: 1–61.
  • Taylor EH (1934). "Zoological Results of the Third De Schauensee Siamese Expedition, Part III. Amphibians and Reptiles". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 86: 281–310. (Natrix deschauenseei, new species, p. 300).
  • Taylor EH (1965). "The Serpents of Thailand and Adjacent Waters". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 45 (9): 609–1096. (Natrix deschauenseei, pp. 825–827, Figure 52).

External links

  • [http://www.thainationalparks.com/doi-suthep-pui-national-park/wildlife Species of Doi Suthep Pui National Park]
  • [https://www.flickr.com/photos/73879198@N00/1070469281/in/set-72157601135099216 Flickr photo by Michael Cota]

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deschauenseei

Category:Snakes of Asia

Category:Snakes of China

Category:Reptiles of Thailand

Category:Snakes of Vietnam

Category:Reptiles described in 1934

Category:Taxa named by Edward Harrison Taylor

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