Rhabdophis angeli

Rhabdophis angeli
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Rhabdophis
Species:	R. angeli
Binomial name
	Rhabdophis angeli; (Bourret, 1934)
Synonyms
	Natrix angelii ; Bourret, 1934; Rhabdophis angelii ; — Bourret, 1936; Natrix angeli ; — M.A. Smith, 1943; Amphiesma angelii ; — V.S. Nguyen & Ho, 1996; Rhabdophis angelii ; — Orlov, R.W. Murphy & Papenfuss, 2000; Rhabdophis angeli ; — V.S. Nguyen, Ho & T.Q. Nguyen, 2009;

Rhabdophis angeli, also known commonly as Angel's keelback, is a species of keelback snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Vietnam.^[1]^[2]

Etymology[edit]

The specific name, angeli, is in honor of French herpetologist Fernand Angel.^[3]

R. angeli is found in northern Vietnam, in Thái Nguyên Province and Vĩnh Phúc Province.^[1]

The preferred natural habitat of R. angeli is forest.^[1]

R. angeli may attain a total length (including tail) of 43 cm (17 in).^[4]

R. angeli is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Stuart, B.; Nguyen, T.Q. (2012). "Rhabdophis angeli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192210A2056095. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Rhabdophis angeli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 December 2018.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhabdophis angelii, p. 9).
^ Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia, Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Natrix angeli, p. 300).

Bourret R (1934). "Notes herpétologiques sur l'Indochine Française II: Sur quelques serpents des montagnes du Tonkin ". Bulletin Générale de l'Instruction Publique, Hanoi 1934: 149–157. (Natrix angelii, new species). (in French).
Nguyen VS, Ho CT, Nguyen TQ (2009). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira / Serpents Tale.768 pp. ISBN 978-3899734621.
Orlov NL, Murphy RW, Papenfuss TJ (2000). "List of snakes of Tam-Dao mountain ridge (Tonkin, Vietnam)". Russian Journal of Herpetology 7 (1): 69–80. (Rhabdophis angelii).

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