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Hebius flavifrons (BOULENGER, 1887)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Sabah Keelback 
SynonymTropidonotus flavifrons BOULENGER 1887: 96
Tropidonotus flavifrons — BOULENGER 1893: 263
Natrix flavifrons — DUNN 1923: 2
Amphiesma flavifrons — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 312
Amphiesma flavifrons — STUEBING & INGER 1999: 169
Hebius flavifrons — GUO et al. 2014
Amphiesma flavifrons — WALLACH et al. 2014: 29
Hebius flavifrons — DAVID et al. 2021 
DistributionIndonesia, Malaysia (Borneo: Sabah; Sarawak),
Brunei

Type locality: Mount Kina Baloo, North Borneo [Mt. Kinabalu]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: MNHN-RA 1889.211–13 and MNHN 1889.215, longest syntype 453 mm (J. Whitehead, 1885). 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
References
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  • 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
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