Eight-lined keelback

The eight-lined keelback (Hebius octolineatus) is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. It is endemic to southwestern China.[1][2]

Eight-lined keelback
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Hebius
Species:
H. octolineatus
Binomial name
Hebius octolineatus
(Boulenger, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Tropidonotus octolineatus
  • Tropidonotus quadrilineatus
  • Tropidonotus pleurotaenia
  • Tropidonotus parallelus var. sublaevis
  • Natrix septemlineata
  • Natrix octolineata
  • Natrix nigroreticulata
  • Amphiesma octolineata
  • Amphiesma octolineatum

Geographic range

The snake is found in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Guangxi provinces of China.[1][2]

References
  1. China Snakes Working Group. (2016). "Hebius octolineatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T192104A96310991. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T192104A96310991.en. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. Hebius octolineatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 3 January 2021.


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