The Sabah keelback (Hebius flavifrons) is a nonvenomous colubrid endemic to Borneo.[1][2]
| Sabah keelback | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Hebius |
| Species: | H. flavifrons
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| Binomial name | |
| Hebius flavifrons (Boulenger, 1887)
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Description edit
Adults are about 54 cm (21 inches) in total length, of which about 18 cm (7 inches) is tail.[3] Body slender; midbody scales 19, keeled; ventrals 149–157; subcaudals 92–101; dorsum olive-grey, with darker markings; a distinctive white to yellowish-cream spot on snout.
Habitat and behavior edit
It is frequently encountered in rivers in the plains and midhills, seen swimming with its head held out of water.[4]
Diet edit
Reproduction edit
Nothing is known about its reproductive biology.[4]
Geographic range edit
It is endemic to Borneo. It has been found in Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b Inger, R.F.; Iskandar, D.; Das, I. (2016). "Hebius flavifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T176333A96294516. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T176333A96294516.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b Hebius flavifrons at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 September 2014.
- ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families...Colubridæ Aglyphæ, Part. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). London. xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I.-XXVIII. (Tropidonotus flavifrons, p. 263.)
- ^ a b c d Das, I. 2006. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Borneo. Ralph Curtis Books. Sanibel Island, Florida. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Amphiesma flavifrons, p. 19.)
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