Hebius miyajimae (MAKI, 1931)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Maki's Keelback
Synonym	Natrix miyajimae MAKI 1931: 49 Amphiesma miyajimae — ZHAO & JIANG 1986 Hebius miyajimae — GUO et al. 2014 Amphiesma miyajimae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 31
Distribution	Taiwan Type locality: "Taihoku Formosa."
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: NSMT H-2956, a 393 mm male (Miyajima, May 1928).
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Maxillary teeth 18+2, posterior two abruptly enlarged, internasals narrowed in front, their sutures with rostral much longer than the suture between rostral and the first supralabials; supralabials eight, third to fifth entering eye; one pre- and three postoculars ; temporals 1+1 ; scales in 19 rows, all strongly keeled but those of outer row are faintly keeled; ventral 141-152; anal divided ; subcaudals 87-92. (Maki 1931: 49)
Comment
Etymology	Named after "Miyajima", the collector of the type.
References	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 Maki, M. 1931. Monograph of the Snakes of Japan. Dai-ichi Shobo, Tokyo. (1), 7, 240 pages (expanded edition 1933) Toriba, M. 1993. Present location of the type specimens described by Maki. The Snake 25: 71-72 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. Zhao, E.M. 2006. The snakes of China [in Chinese]. Hefei, China, Anhui Sience & Technology Publ. House, Vol. I, 372 pp., Vol. II (color plates), 280 pp. Zhao,E. & Adler,K. 1993. Herpetology of China. SSAR, Oxford/Ohio, 1-522 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.snakesoftaiwan.com/Start_Page_EN.htm http://www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/BHAN-55Z2XS?open Google images

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