Sabah keelback

The Sabah keelback (Hebius flavifrons) is a nonvenomous colubrid endemic to Borneo.[1][2]

Sabah keelback
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Hebius
Species:
H. flavifrons
Binomial name
Hebius flavifrons
(Boulenger, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Tropidonotus flavifrons
    Boulenger, 1887
  • Natrix flavifrons – Dunn, 1923
  • Amphiesma flavifrons
    – Manthey & Grossmann, 1997[2]

Description

Adults are about 54 cm (21 inches) in total length, of which about 18 cm (7 inches) is tail.[3] Body slender; midbody scales 19, keeled; ventrals 149–157; subcaudals 92–101; dorsum olive-grey, with darker markings; a distinctive white to yellowish-cream spot on snout.

Habitat and behavior

It is frequently encountered in rivers in the plains and midhills, seen swimming with its head held out of water.[4]

Diet

Its diet includes frog eggs, tadpoles and frogs.[4]

Reproduction

Nothing is known about its reproductive biology.[4]

Geographic range

It is endemic to Borneo. It has been found in Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak.[4]

References
  1. Inger, R.F.; Iskandar, D.; Das, I. (2016). "Hebius flavifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T176333A96294516. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T176333A96294516.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Hebius flavifrons at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 September 2014.
  3. Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families...Colubridæ Aglyphæ, Part. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). London. xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I.-XXVIII. (Tropidonotus flavifrons, p. 263.)
  4. Das, I. 2006. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Borneo. Ralph Curtis Books. Sanibel Island, Florida. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Amphiesma flavifrons, p. 19.)
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