Hebius sauteri, commonly known as Sauter's keelback or the Kosempo keelback, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia.
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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: | Hebius |
| Species: | H. sauteri
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| Hebius sauteri (Boulenger, 1909)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, sauteri, is in honor of German entomologist Hans Sauter.[3]
Distribution and habitat
editH. sauteri is found in southern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.[2]
The preferred natural habitats of H. sauteri are freshwater wetlands, grassland, shrubland, and forest, at altitudes of 580–1,450 m (1,900–4,760 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Jiang, J.; Lau, M.W.N. (2016). "Hebius sauteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T192114A96313172. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T192114A96313172.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Hebius sauteri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ 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. (Amphiesma sauteri, p. 233).
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1909). "Descriptions of Four new Frogs and a new Snake discovered by Mr. H. Sauter in Formosa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series 4: 492–495. (Tropidonotus sauteri, new species, p. 495).
- 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 sauteri, new combination).
- 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 sauteri, p. 287).
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