Herpetoreas
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| Herpetoreas | |
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| Herpetoreas sieboldii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Natricinae |
| Genus: | Herpetoreas Günther, 1860 |
Herpetoreas is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South Asia.
The genus Herpetoreas contains the following 7 species, which are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Herpetoreas burbrinki Guo, Zhu, Liu, Zhang, Li, Huang & Pyron, 2014 — Burbrink's keelback
- Herpetoreas murlen Lalremsanga, Bal, Vogel, & Biakzuala, 2022 — Murlen keelback
- Herpetoreas pealii (Sclater, 1891) — Assam keelback, Peal’s keelback, bark brown keelback
- Herpetoreas platyceps (Blyth, 1854) — Himalayan keelback
- Herpetoreas sieboldii Günther, 1860 — Siebold's keelback, Sikkim keelback
- Herpetoreas tpser Ren, Jiang, Huang, David, & Li, 2022
- Herpetoreas 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 Herpetoreas.