Species of Thailand
Khasi keelback
Hebius khasiensis
(George Albert Boulenger, 1890)
In Thai: งูลายสาบภูเขาสีน้ำตาล, ngu lai saap phukhao see namdtan
Hebius khasiensis, commonly known as the Khasi Hills keelback or Khasi keelback, is a species of colubrid snake endemic to southeastern Asia.
Geographic range
It is found in parts of southern China (Tibet, Yunnan), eastern India (Assam), Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
Description
It is a reddish-brown snake with a white transverse bar running across the supralabial scales.
The dorsal scales are in 19 rows, rather strongly keeled, except for the smooth outer row. The ventrals number 150–154, the subcaudals 80–100. The anal plate is divided.
Adults are about 60 cm (23½ in.) total length, of which about 19 cm (7½ in.) is tail.
Diet
The Khasi Hills keelback's nutritional intake consists primarily of toads.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Subphylum
- Vertebrata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Hebius
- Species
- Hebius khasiensis
Common names
- German: Khasi Hills Gebirgswassernatter
- English:
- Khasi keelback
- Khasi Hills keelback
- Khasi Mountain keelback
- Thai:
- งูลายสาบภูเขาสีน้ำตาล, ngu lai saap phukhao see namdtan
- งูลายสาบภูเขาอินเดีย, ngu lai saap phukhao India
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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