Sikkim keelback

Sikkim keelback
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Colubridae
Genus:Herpetoreas
Species: H. sieboldii
Binomial name
Herpetoreas sieboldii
(Günther, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Herpetoreas sieboldii
    Günther, 1860
  • Amphiesma sieboldii
    – Das, 1996

The Sikkim keelback (Herpetoreas sieboldii ) is a species of grass snake endemic to South Asia. It is closely related to the Himalayan keelback, and some treat this species as a synonym. (Tillack 2003).

Geographic range

It is found in Bangladesh, India (Punjab, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh), Myanmar (formerly called Burma), Nepal, and Pakistan.

Etymology

The specific name, sieboldii, is in honor of German zoologist Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold.

References

  • Günther A (1860). "Contributions to a Knowledge of the Reptiles of the Himalaya Mountains". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1860: 148-175. (Herpetoreas sieboldii, new species, pp. 156–157).
  • Günther A (1864). The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor & Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. (Herpetoreas sieboldii, pp. 257–258).
  • Kramer E (1977). "Zur Schlangenfauna Nepals ". Rev. suisse Zool. 84 (3): 721-761.
  • Malnate EV (1966). "Amphiesma platyceps (Blyth) and Amphiesma sieboldii (Günther): sibling species (Reptilia: Serpentes)". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 63 (1): 1-17.
  • Theobald W (1868). "Catalogue of Reptiles in the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal". J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Calcutta 37 (extra number 146): (2), vi + 7-88.
  • Theobald W (1876). Descriptive Catalogue of the Reptiles of British India. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co. xiii + 238 pp.
  • Tillack F (2003). "Über die Verbreitung und Biologie der Himalaya-Gebirgswassernatter Amphiesma platyceps (Blyth 1854) und einen Fall von Amphigonia retardata (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae)". Sauria 25 (1): 21-27.


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