Amphiesma beddomei (GÜNTHER, 1864)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Natricinae, Serpentes (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	Nilgiri Keelback, Beddome’s Keelback
Synonym	Tropidonotus beddomii GÜNTHER 1864: 269 (nom. nov. pro Spilotes vittatus) Spilotes vittatus BEDDOME 1863 Tropidonotus beddomei — BOULENGER 1890 Natrix beddomei — SMITH 1943: 306 Amphiesma beddomei — DAS 1996: 53 Amphiesma beddomei — MURTHY 2010
Distribution	India (Maharashtra, Western Ghats) Map legend: - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map. NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
Types
Comment	The name Spilotes vittatus is preoccupied by Tropidonotus vittatus - BOIE 1827 = Xenochrophis vittata (L.). The original description is available online (see link below). Etymology: Named after Richard Henry Beddome, 1830–1911, British army officer and botanist.
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here Boulenger, George A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp. - get paper here Günther, A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp. - get paper here Murthy, T.S.N. 2010. The reptile fauna of India. B.R. Publishing, New Delhi, 332 pp. Sharma, R. C. 2004. Handbook Indian Snakes. AKHIL BOOKS, New Delhi, 292 pp. Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
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