Hebius clerki

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Hebius clerki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Hebius
Species:
H. clerki
Binomial name
Hebius clerki
(Wall, 1925)
Synonyms[2]
  • Natrix clerki Wall, 1925
  • Natrix parallela M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Hebius clerki Guo et al., 2014
  • Amphiesma clerki David et al., 2015

Hebius clerki, also known commonly as the Yunnan keelback, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.[1][2] The species is native to Asia.

H. clerki is found in north-eastern India, northern Myanmar, south-western China (Yunnan), Nepal,[1][2] and Bhutan.[1]

Taxonomy

Many authors have considered H. clerki to be a synonym of H. parallelus (formerly Amphiesma parallelum), but a 2015 study revalidated H. clerki. It is possible that many records of H. parallelus actually represent H. clerki.[2]

Habitat

H. clerki is a terrestrial snake inhabiting subtropical moist hill forests above 1,000 m (3,300 ft), often close to water.[1]

Reproduction

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