Groundwater's keelback

Groundwater's keelback
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Hebius
Species:	H. groundwateri
Binomial name
	Hebius groundwateri; (M.A. Smith, 1922)
Synonyms
	Natrix groundwateri ; M.A. Smith, 1922; Amphiesma groundwateri ; — Chan-ard et al., 1999; Hebius groundwateri ; — Guo et al., 2014; Amphiesma groundwateri ; — Wallach et al., 2014; Hebius groundwateri ; — David et al., 2021;

Groundwater's keelback (Hebius groundwateri) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Thailand.

Etymology[edit]

The specific name, groundwateri, is in honor of zoological illustrator Mr. C.L. Groundwater.^[3]

H. groundwateri is found in southern Thailand, in Ranong Province.^[2]

The preferred natural habitat of H. groundwateri is forest.^[1]

H. groundwateri may attain a total length of 45 cm (18 in), which includes a tail 16.5 cm (6.5 in) long.^[4]

H. groundwateri is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Chan-Ard, T.; Vogel, G. (2016). "Hebius groundwateri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T176334A96295119. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T176334A96295119.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Species Hebius groundwateri at The Reptile Database
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. xiii + 296 pp. (Amphiesma groundwateri, p. 109).
^ Taylor EH (1965).

Chan-ard T, Nabhitabhta J, Parr JWK (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-973649-2 (hardcover): ISBN 978-0-19-973650-8 (paperback).
Guo P, Zhu F, Liu Q, Zhang L, Li JX, Huang YY, Pyron RA (2014). "A taxonomic revision of the Asian keelback snakes, genus Amphiesma (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae), with description of a new species". Zootaxa 3873 (4): 425–440. (Hebius groundwateri, new combination).
Smith MA (1922). "Notes on Reptiles and Batrachians from Siam and Indo-China, (No. 1)". Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam 4 (4): 203-214 + Plate 8. (Natrix groundwateri, new species, pp. 205–206 + Plate 8, figure 2).
Taylor EH (1965). "The Serpents of Thailand and Adjacent Waters". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 65 (9): 609–1096. (Natrix groundwateri, pp. 827–828).

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