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

Hebius clerki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Geographic range

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H. clerki is found in northeastern India, northern Myanmar, southwestern China (Yunnan), Nepal,[1][2] and Bhutan.[1]

Taxonomy

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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

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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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The mode of reproduction of H. clerki is unknown.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Ghosh, A. (2021). "Hebius clerki ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T96293876A96293910. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e Hebius clerki at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 August 2023.

Further reading

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  • David P, Agarwal I, Athreya R, Mathew R, Vogel G, Mistry VK (2015). "Revalidation of Natrix clerki Wall, 1925, an overlooked species in the genus Amphiesma Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Squamata: Natricidae)". Zootaxa 3919 (2): 375–395.
  • Guo P, Zhu F, Liu Q, Zhang L, Huang YY, Pyron RA (2014). "A taxonomic revision of the Asian keelback snakes, genus Amphiesma (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae), with description of a new species". Zootaxa 3873 (4): 425–440. (Hebius clerki, new combination).
  • Wall F (2025). "Notes on Snakes collected in Burma in 1924". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 30 (4): 805–821. (Natrix clerki, new species, p. 809).