Sikkim keelback
| Sikkim keelback | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Natricinae |
| Genus: | Amphiesma |
| Species: | A. sieboldii |
| Binomial name | |
| Amphiesma sieboldii (Günther, 1860) | |
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The Sikkim keelback (Amphiesma sieboldii) is a species of grass snake endemic to South Asia. It is closely related to Amphiesma platyceps, and some treat this species as a synonym. (Tillack 2003).
Geographic range
It is found in Bangladesh, India (Punjab, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh), Myanmar (formerly called Burma), Nepal, and Pakistan.
Etymology
The specific name, sieboldii, is in honor of German zoologist Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold.
References
- Günther, A. 1860. Contributions to a Knowledge of the Reptiles of the Himalaya Mountains, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1860: 148-175. (Herpetoreas sieboldii, pp. 156-157.)
- Günther, A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. The Ray Society. (Taylor & Francis, Printers). London. xxvii + 452 pp. (Herpetoreas sieboldii, pp. 257-258.)
- Kramer, E. 1977. Zur Schlangenfauna Nepals. Rev. suisse Zool., 84 (3): 721-761.
- Malnate, E.V. 1966. Amphiesma platyceps (Blyth) and Amphiesma sieboldii (Günther): sibling species (Reptilia: Serpentes). J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 63 (1): 1-17.
- Theobald, W. 1868. Catalogue of reptiles in the museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 37 (extra number 146): (2), vi, 7-88.
- Theobald, W. 1876. Descriptive catalogue of the reptiles of British India. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta. xiii + 238 pp.
- Tillack, F. 2003. Über die Verbreitung und Biologie der Himalaya-Gebirgswassernatter Amphiesma platyceps (Blyth 1854) und einen Fall von Amphigonia retardata (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae). Sauria 25 (1): 21-27.
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