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Hebius sarasinorum (BOULENGER, 1896)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Sarasin’s Keelback 
SynonymTropidonotus sarasinorum BOULENGER 1896: 394
Tropidonotus sarasinorum — BOULENGER 1897: 218
Amphiesma sarasinorum — INGER & VORIS 2001
Amphiesma sarasinorum — KOCH 2008
Amphiesma sarasinorum — KOCH 2012: 255
Hebius sarasinorum — GUO et al. 2014
Amphiesma sarasinorum — WALLACH et al. 2014: 33
Hebius sarasinorum — DAVID et al. 2021 
DistributionIndonesia (Sulawesi = Celebes), elevation 1200 m.

Type locality: Loca , Mt. Bonthain [= Mount Lompobatang], Celebes; ““Djikoro [= Cikoro], Mount Bonthain” fide KOCH 2008.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: NMBA (= NHMB 986); paralectotype: BMNH 1946.1.21.91, originally 96.12.9.47. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1408 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Paul Benedict Sarasin (1856-1929) and Fritz Carl Frederich Sarasin (1859-1942). They were Swiss zoologists, explorers, and collectors who wrote Reisen in CeIebes (1905). 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1896. Descriptions of new reptiles and batrachians collected in Celebes by Drs. P. & F. Sarasin. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 17: 393-395 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1897. A catalogue of the reptiles and batrachians of Celebes with special reference to the collections made by Drs P & F Sarasin in 1893-1896. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1897: 193-237 [p228-237: batrachia] - get paper here
  • DAVID, PATRICK; GERNOT VOGEL, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, NIKOLAI L. ORLOV, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, ALEXANDRE TEYNIÉ, THOMAS ZIEGLER 2021. A revision of the dark-bellied, stream-dwelling snakes of the genus Hebius (Reptilia: Squamata: Natricidae) with the description of a new species from China, Vietnam and Thailand. Zootaxa 4911: 1–61 - get paper here
  • GUO, PENG; FEI ZHU, QIN LIU, LIANG ZHANG, JIAN X. LI, YU Y. HUANG & R. ALEXANDER PYRON 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 - get paper here
  • Inger, R.F. & Voris, H. K. 2001. The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland. Journal of Biogeography 28: 863-89 1
  • Koch, A. 2008. Discovery of new specimens of Sarasin’s Keelback, Amphiesma sarasinorum (BOULENGER, 1896),endemic to SWSulawesi, Indonesia. Herpetozoa 20 (3/4): 178-182 [2007] - get paper here
  • Koch, A. 2012. Discovery, Diversity, and Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi and its offshore islands. Edition Chimaira, 374 pp. [ISBN 978-3-89973-432-4] - get paper here
  • Lang, Ruud de & G. Vogel 2005. The snakes of Sulawesi. A field guide to the land snakes of Sulawesi with identification keys. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, 25, Frankfurt am Main, 312 pp.
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  • Ziegler, T., and Quyet, L.K. 2006. A new natricine snake of the genus Amphiesma (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from the central Truong Son, Vietnam. Zootaxa 1225: 39-56 - get paper here
 
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