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Herpetoreas platyceps (BLYTH, 1855)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Himalayan Keelback
G: Asiatische Gebirgswassernatter
Chinese: 平头腹链蛇 
SynonymTropidonotus platyceps BLYTH 1855: 297 (part.)
Zamenis himalayanus STEINDACHNER 1867: 513
Tropidonotus platyceps — ANDERSON 1871: 176
Tropidonotus himalayanus — ANDERSON 1871: 178
Tropidonotus platyceps — HUBRECHT 1882: 142
Tropidonotus platyceps — BOULENGER 1893: 248
Tropidonotus platyceps — CARDEW 1896: 592
Tropidonotus firthi WALL 1914: 166
Rhabdophis platyceps — WALL 1923: 604
Rhabdophis firthi — WALL 1923: 606
Natrix platyceps — SHAW et al. 1939: 118
Natrix platyceps — SMITH 1943: 305
Amphiesma platyceps MALNATE 1960
Amphiesma platyceps — DAS 1996: 53
Natrix firthi — SHAW et al. 2000: 30
Amphiesma platyceps — SCHLEICH et al. 2002: 85
Herpetoreas platyceps — GUO et al. 2014
Amphiesma platyceps — WALLACH et al. 2014: 32
Amphiesma platyceps — SAHI & KOUL 2020
Herpetoreas platyceps — LALREMSANGA et al. 2022 
DistributionIndia (Kashmir, Sikkim, Punjab, Assam, Darjeeling, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir), Nepal (1040 up to 3657 m elevation),
Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, China (Xizang = Tibet)

Type locality: Restricted to “Darjiling” by MALNATE (1966).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZSI 7482 
Diagnosis 
CommentMildly venomous

Synonymy: A. sieboldii has been synonymized with A. platyceps but MALNATE (1966) removed the former from its synonymy. Has been confused with A. parallela. Reports from Myanmar (= Burma) have not been confirmed (see also TILLACK 2003). 
References
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