Species of Thailand
Deschauensee's keelback
Hebius deschauenseei
(Edward Harrison Taylor, 1934)
In Thai: งูลายสาบท้องสามขีด, ngu lai saap thong saam khid
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.
Etymology
The specific name, deschauenseei, is in honor of American ornithologist Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee, who collected the type specimen.
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 300 m.
Reproduction
H. deschsuenseei is oviparous.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Subphylum
- Vertebrata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Hebius
- Species
- Hebius deschauenseei
Common names
- German: Deschauensees Wassernatter
- English:
- Deschauensee’s keelback
- Northern keelback
- Thai: งูลายสาบท้องสามขีด, ngu lai saap thong saam khid
Synonyms
- Hebius deschauenseei, Patrick David et al. (2021)
- Amphiesma deschauenseei, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (2015)
- Amphiesma deschauenseei, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
- Hebius deschauenseei, Peng Guo et al. (2014)
- Amphiesma deschauenseei, Patrick David et al. (2007)
- Amphiesma deschauenseei, Patrick David, Gernot Vogel & Olivier S.G. Pauwels (1998)
- Amphiesma modesta, Jarujin Nabhitabhata (1987)
- Amphiesma deschauenseei, E. V. Malnate (1960)
- Macropophis deschauenseei, René Léon Bourret (1936)
- Natrix deschauenseei, Edward Harrison Taylor (1934)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
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Range Map
- Chae Son National Park
- Chiang Dao District, Chiang Mai
- Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary
- Doi Ang Khang
- Doi Chang
- Doi Inthanon National Park
- Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park
- Doi Saket District, Chiang Mai
- Doi Suthep - Pui National Park
- Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary
- Huai Nam Dang National Park
- Khlong Lan National Park
- Khlong Wang Chao National Park
- Mae On District, Chiang Mai
- Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai
- Mae Taeng District, Chiang Mai
- Mae Takhrai National Park
- Mueang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai
- Pai District, Mae Hong Son
- Phop Phra District, Tak
- Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park
- Umphang District, Tak