Hebius boulengeri

Hebius boulengeri is a species in snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is also known as the Tai-yong keelback or Boulenger's keelback.

For the Sri Lankan species called Boulenger's keelback, see Fowlea asperrimus

Hebius boulengeri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Hebius
Species:	H. boulengeri
Binomial name
Hebius boulengeri (Gressitt, 1937)
Synonyms[2]
Natrix boulengeri Gressitt, 1937 Amphiesma boulengeri — Malnate, 1960 Hebius boulengeri — Guo et al., 2014 Amphiesma boulengeri — Wallach et al., 2014

Etymology

The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[3]

Geographic range

It is found in Cambodia, China, and Vietnam.[2]

References

1. "Hebius boulengeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2016.old-form url, |volume= / |date= mismatch
2. Species Hebius boulengeri at The Reptile Database .
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphiesma boulengeri, p. 35).

Further reading

• Gressitt, J. Linsley (1937). "A New Snake from Southeastern China". Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 50: 125–128. (Natrix boulengeri, new species).