Hebius sauteri

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Hebius sauteri

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Hebius
Species:
H. sauteri
Binomial name
Hebius sauteri
(Boulenger, 1909)
Synonyms[2]
  • Tropidonotus sauteri
    Boulenger, 1909
  • Natrix copei
    Van Denburgh, 1909
  • Natrix sauteri
    — Mell, 1931
  • Amphiesma sauteri
    — , 1960
  • Hebius sauteri
    — et al., 2014

Hebius sauteri, commonly known as Sauter's keelback or the Kosempo keelback, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia.

Etymology[]

The specific name, sauteri, is in honor of German entomologist Hans Sauter.[3]

Geographic range[]

H. sauteri is found in southern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.[2]

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitats of H. sauteri are freshwater wetlands, grassland, shrubland, and forest, at altitudes of 580–1,450 m (1,900–4,760 ft).[1]

Reproduction[]

H. sauteri is oviparous.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Jiang, J.; Lau, M.W.N. (2016). "Hebius sauteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T192114A96313172. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T192114A96313172.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Species Hebius sauteri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphiesma sauteri, p. 233).

Further reading[]

  • Boulenger GA (1909). "Descriptions of Four new Frogs and a new Snake discovered by Mr. H. Sauter in Formosa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series 4: 492–495. (Tropidonotus sauteri, new species, p. 495).
  • , , , , , , (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 sauteri, new combination).
  • Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Natrix sauteri, p. 287).


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