Wall's keelback (Herpetoreas xenura) is a species of natricine snake endemic to Northeast India.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Herpetoreas |
| Species: | H. xenura
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| Binomial name | |
| Herpetoreas xenura (Wall, 1907)
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Geographic range
editIt is found in Khasi Hills in the Indian state of Meghalaya.[2] It is also found in Myanmar.[3]
References
edit- ^ Wogan, G.; Ghosh, A.; Khan, M. (2021). "Hebius xenura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T192012A2027882. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Herpetoreas xenura at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 August 2020.
- ^ "Herpetoreas xenura (Strange-tailed Keelback)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
Further reading
edit- Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III. — Serpentes. Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, Printers). London. 583 pp. (Natrix xenura, p. 292.)
- Wall, F. 1907. Some new Asian snakes. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 17 (3): 612–618. (Tropidonotus xenura, p. 616.)
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