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Wall's keelback
Scientific classification edit
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Species:
Binomial name
Template:Taxonomy/HerpetoreasHerpetoreas xenura
(Wall, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Tropidonotus xenura
    Wall, 1907
  • Natrix xenurus Wall, 1923
  • Natrix xenura
    M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Paranatrix xenura
    – Mahendra, 1984
  • Amphiesma xenura
    Das, 1996[2]
  • Hebius xenura

Wall's keelback (Herpetoreas xenura) is a species of natricine snake endemic to Northeast India.[2]

Geographic range[edit | edit source]

It is found in Khasi Hills in the Indian state of Meghalaya.[2] It is also found in Myanmar.[3]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Wogan, G.; Ghosh, A.; Khan, M. (2021). "Hebius xenura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T192012A2027882. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Template:NRDB species
  3. "Herpetoreas xenura (Strange-tailed Keelback)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2022-09-19.

Further reading[edit | edit source]

  • Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III. — Serpentes. Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, Printers). London. 583 pp. (Natrix xenura, p. 292.)
  • Wall, F. 1907. Some new Asian snakes. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 17 (3): 612–618. (Tropidonotus xenura, p. 616.)


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