Assam keelback

Assam keelback
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Herpetoreas
Species:
H. pealii
Binomial name
Herpetoreas pealii
(Sclater, 1891)
Synonyms[3]
  • Tropidonotus pealii
    Sclater, 1891
  • Natrix pealii
    — Wall, 1923
  • Paranatrix pealii
    — Mahendra, 1984
  • Amphiesma pealii
    — Das [fr], 1996
  • Hebius pealii
    — Guo et al., 2014
  • Amphiesma pealii
    — Wallach et al., 2014
  • Herpetoreas pealii
    Sclater, 1891[2]

The Assam keelback (Herpetoreas pealii), commonly known as Peal's keelback, is a species of snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Northeast India. It has recently been rediscovered after 129 years in Arunachal Pradesh.[2]

  1. ^ Das, A. (2021). "Hebius pealii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T202838A2757243. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T202838A2757243.en.
  2. ^ a b Das, A.; Gower, D. J.; Deepak, V. (2020). "Lost and found: rediscovery and systematics of the Northeast Indian snake Hebius pealii (Sclater, 1891)". Vertebrate Zoology. 70 (3): 305–318. doi:10.26049/VZ70-3-2020-04.
  3. ^ Species Hebius pealii at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.