Herpetoreas
Sign in to saveHerpetoreas is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South Asia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae
via GBIF
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Natricidae
Show 4 more facts
- taxon name
- Herpetoreas
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Herpetoreas
- taxon author citation
- Günther, 1860
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Species
- Etymology
- References
- Further reading
Herpetoreas is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South Asia.
==Species== The genus Herpetoreas contains the following 7 species, which are recognized as being valid. Herpetoreas burbrinki — Burbrink's keelback Herpetoreas murlen — Murlen keelback Herpetoreas pealii — Assam keelback, Peal’s keelback, bark brown keelback Herpetoreas platyceps — Himalayan keelback Herpetoreas sieboldii — Siebold's keelback, Sikkim keelback Herpetoreas tpser Herpetoreas xenura — Wall's keelback
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Herpetoreas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.