Andrea's keelback
Species of snake
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Andrea's keelback (Hebius andreae) is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to Vietnam.
| Andrea's keelback | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Hebius |
| Species: | H. andreae |
| Binomial name | |
| Hebius andreae | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Etymology
The specific name, andreae, is in honor of Andrea Ziegler, wife of German herpetologist Thomas Ziegler.[3]
Geographic range
H. andreae is found in the central Annamite Range in Vietnam.[4]
Habitat
Discovery
Only one specimen of H. andreae has ever been examined and photographed. In 2006, Thomas Ziegler and Le Khac Quyet, captured a male in the area of Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park whose coloring was distinct enough from other known keelbacks to be described as a newly discovered species. There has been one bite recorded from this species on Bharathi Pochu.[4]
