Amphiesma
For the cell covering of dinoflagellates, see Amphiesma (dinoflagellates).
| Amphiesma (keelbacks) | |
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| Amphiesma stolatum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Natricinae |
| Genus: | Amphiesma A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron, & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 |
Amphiesma is a genus of colubrid snakes, commonly known as keelbacks because of their keeled dorsal scales. They are all nonvenomous.
Geographic range
Amphiesma species occur in southern and eastern Asia, including Siberia, Korea, China, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Japan, and Indonesia.
Species
The following 42 species are recognized:[1][2]
- Amphiesma andreae Ziegler & Le, 2006 - Andrea's keelback
- Amphiesma arguus David & G. Vogel, 2010
- Amphiesma atemporale (Bourret, 1934)
- Amphiesma beddomei (Günther, 1864) - Nilgiri keelback
- Amphiesma bitaeniatum (Wall, 1925)
- Amphiesma boulengeri (Gressitt, 1937)
- Amphiesma celebicum (W. Peters & Doria, 1878)
- Amphiesma concelarum Malnate, 1963
- Amphiesma craspedogaster (Boulenger, 1899)
- Amphiesma deschauenseei (Taylor, 1934)
- Amphiesma flavifrons (Boulenger, 1887) - white-fronted water snake
- Amphiesma frenatum Dunn, 1923
- Amphiesma groundwateri (M.A. Smith, 1922)
- Amphiesma inas (Laidlaw, 1901)
- Amphiesma ishigakiense (Malnate & Munsterman, 1960)
- Amphiesma johannis (Boulenger, 1908)
- Amphiesma kerinciense David & Das, 2003
- Amphiesma khasiense (Boulenger, 1890) - Khasi Hills keelback
- Amphiesma leucomystax David et al., 2007 - white-lipped keelback
- Amphiesma metusia Inger et al., 1990
- Amphiesma miyajimae (Maki, 1931)
- Amphiesma modestum (Günther, 1875) - modest keelback
- Amphiesma monticola (Jerdon, 1853) - hill keelback or Wayanad keelback
- Amphiesma nicobariense (Sclater, 1891) - Nicobar Island keelback
- Amphiesma octolineatum (Boulenger, 1904)
- Amphiesma optatum (Hu & Zhao, 1966)
- Amphiesma parallelum (Boulenger, 1890) - Yunnan keelback
- Amphiesma pealii (Sclater, 1891) - Assam keelback
- Amphiesma petersii (Boulenger, 1893)
- Amphiesma platyceps (Blyth, 1854) - Himalayan keelback
- Amphiesma popei (Schmidt, 1925)
- Amphiesma pryeri (Boulenger, 1887)
- Amphiesma sanguineum (Smedley, 1931)
- Amphiesma sarasinorum (Boulenger, 1896)
- Amphiesma sarawacense (Günther, 1872)
- Amphiesma sauteri (Boulenger, 1909)
- Amphiesma sieboldii (Günther, 1860) - Sikkim keelback
- Amphiesma stolatum (Linnaeus, 1758) - buff striped keelback
- Amphiesma venningi (Wall, 1910)
- Amphiesma vibakari (H. Boie, 1826) - Asian keelback
- Amphiesma viperinum (Schenkel, 1901)
- Amphiesma xenura (Wall, 1907) - Wall's keelback
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Amphiesma.
Taxonomy
In 2014 Guo et al. placed most species of Amphiesma in the genus Hebius.[3] One exception is Amphiesma stolatum, which they kept in the genus Amphiesma.
References
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