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Nicobar Island keelback

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Amphiesma nicobariense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Serpentes
Family:
Colubridae
Subfamily:
Natricinae
Genus:
Amphiesma
Species:
A. nicobariense
Binomial name
Amphiesma nicobariense
(Sclater, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Tropidonotus nicobarensis Sclater, 1891
  • Tropidonotus nicobaricus Sclater, 1891
  • Tropidonotus nicobariensis
    – Boulenger, 1893
  • Natrix nicobarensis
    – Wall, 1910
  • Paranatrix nicobariensis
    – Mahendra, 1984
  • Amphiesma nicobarensis
    – Das, 1996
  • Amphiesma nicobariense
    – David et al., 1998
  • Hebius nicobariense[1]

Amphiesma nicobariense, commonly known as the Nicobar Island keelback, is a species of colubrid snake. It is endemic to the Nicobar Islands of India.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Hebius nicobariense 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.)


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