Hebius venningi

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Hebius venningi

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. venningi
Binomial name
Hebius venningi
(Wall, 1910)
Synonyms[2]
  • Tropidonotus venningi
    Wall, 1910
  • Natrix venningi
    — M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Amphiesma venningi
    — , 1960
  • Paranatrix venningi
    — , 1984
  • Hebius venningi
    — et al., 2014

Hebius venningi, commonly known as the Chin Hills keelback or Venning's keelback, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia.

Etymology[]

The specific name, venningi, is in honor of British ornithologist (1882–1970).[3]

Geographic range[]

H. venningi is found in southwestern China (Yunnan and Guangxi), northeastern India (Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Arunachal Pradesh), and northern Myanmar.[1][2]

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitats of H. venningi are forest and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes of 900–1,786 m (2,953–5,860 ft)[1]

Description[]

H. venningi is grayish brown dorsally, and yellowish or pinkish ventrally. It may attain a total length (including tail) of 68 cm (27 in).[4]

Diet[]

H. venningi preys upon tadpoles.[5][4]

Reproduction[]

H. venningi is oviparous.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Lau, M. (2020). "Hebius venningi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T192156A176406417. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T192156A176406417.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Hebius venningi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 August 2020.
  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 venningi, p. 274).
  4. ^ a b I. Das, 2002.
  5. ^ M.A. Smith, 1943.

Further reading[]

  • Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Amphiesma venningi, p. 19).
  • 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 venningi, pp. 286–287).
  • Wall F (1910). "A new Tropidonotus from the Chin Hills". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 20: 345–346. (Tropidonotus venningi, new species).



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