Hebius vogeli NGUYEN, LI, HUANG, HAN, NGUYEN, POYARKOV, DAVID & REN, 2025
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Hebius vogeli
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Vogel’s Keelback Vietnamese: Rắn sãi Vôgen Chinese: 沃氏腹链蛇” (Wò Shì Fù Liàn Shé) French: Hebius de Vogel |
| Synonym | Hebius vogeli NGUYEN, LI, HUANG, HAN, NGUYEN, POYARKOV, DAVID & REN 2025 Amphiesma optatum — DAVID et al. 1998: 83–92, in part) (nec Natrix optata Hu and Zhao 1966 Amphiesma optatum — ORLOV et al. 2003: 231 (in part) Amphiesma optatum — NGUYEN et al. 2009: 356 (in part) Amphiesma optatum — WALLACH et al. 2014: 32 (in part) Hebius optatus — GUO et al. 2014: 428 (in part) Hebius optatus — REN et al. 2018: 55 (in part) Hebius optatus — KIZIRIAN et al. 2018: 3 Hebius optatus — DEEPAK et al. 2022: 285 (in part) Hebius optatus — LI et al. 2022: 267–268 (in part) Hebius optatus — REN et al. 2022: 31 (in part) Hebius optatus — DANG et al. 2023: 75 (in part) Hebius optatus — NGUYEN et al. 2024: 188 (in part) |
| Distribution | Vietnam (Phu Tho) Type locality: Tam Dao Hill Station within Tam Dao National Park, Phu Tho Province, Vietnam, ca. 21.437° N, 105.638° E; altitude 600 m asl. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: AMNH 147155 (adult female), from collected by R. H. BAIN in 2000. Paratypes: (n = 2) MNHN 1997.3305 (adult female) collected from the same locality as the holotype by G. VOGEL on 17 March 1997; DTU 410 (adult female) collected in Tam Chuc Ward, Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam (ca. 20.545° N, 105.798° E; altitude 200 m asl), donated by local people in August 2023. Additional specimens (n = 2) DTU 357 (adult female) with the same locality information as DTU 410. KIZ 750001 (adult female) in collected in Daxin County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A new species of the genus Hebius, distinguished by the following combination of characters: body cylindrical; small adult size, with maximum SVL up to 471 mm; dorsal scale rows 19–19–17, with 9–15 rows feebly keeled at midbody; ventrals 158–172; subcaudals 125–126, all paired; supralabials 8, with the 4th and 5th entering the orbit; one preocular; three postoculars; temporals 2+2 (rarely 1+2); anal plate divided. Dorsum and upper tail surface deep bluish-black or dark brown, marked with 10–22 vertical white or yellow bars; head uniformly dark brown dorsally and laterally, with two small, faint yellowish-white parietal spots. A faint whitish-brown sagittal line is present just posterior to the parietals; a thin, well-defined temporal stripe extends from the upper postocular, across the upper temporal, to the 7th and 8th supralabials and the corner of the mouth. Venter uniformly bright coral red. Maxillary teeth 25, gradually enlarging posteriorly, with the last two distinctly enlarged. (Nguyen et al. 2025) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 9415 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy: for references see Nguyen et al. 2025. |
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