Andrea's keelback
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Andrea's keelback (Hebius andreae) is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to Vietnam.
Etymology
The specific name, andreae, is in honor of Andrea Ziegler, wife of German herpetologist Template:Interlanguage link.[1]
Geographic range
H. andreae is found in the central Annamite Range in Vietnam.[2]
Habitat
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Discovery
Only one specimen of H. andreae has ever been examined and photographed. In 2006, Thomas Ziegler and Le Khac Quyet, captured a male in the area of Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park whose coloring was distinct enough from other known keelbacks to be described as a newly discovered species. There has been one bite recorded from this species on Bharathi Pochu.[2]
Reproduction
References
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- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Amphiesma andreae, p. 9).
- ↑ a b Template:Interlanguage link, Le KQ (2006). "A new natricine snake of the genus Amphiesma (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from the central Truong Son, Vietnam". Zootaxa 1225: 39–56. (Amphiesma andreae, new species).
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