Nicobar Island keelback
Nicobar Island keelback | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Hebius |
Species: | H. nicobariensis
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Binomial name | |
Hebius nicobariensis (Sclater, 1891)
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Synonyms | |
The Nicobar Island keelback (Hebius nicobariensis) is a species of colubrid snake. It is endemic to the Nicobar Islands of India.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Hebius nicobariensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 February 2016.
Further reading[]
- Sclater, W.L. 1891. Notes on a Collection of Snakes in the Indian Museum, with descriptions of several new species. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal LX: 230-250. ("Tropidonotus nicobarensis [sic], sp. nov.", pp. 241–242 & Plate VI, figures 5a., 5b., 5c., 5d.)
Categories:
- Hebius
- Reptiles of India
- Endemic fauna of the Nicobar Islands
- Taxa named by William Lutley Sclater
- Reptiles described in 1891
- Colubrid stubs