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Hebius khasiensis (BOULENGER, 1890)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Khasi Hills Keelback, Khasi Keelback
G: Khasi Hills Gebirgswassernatter
Chinese: 卡西腹链蛇 
SynonymTropidonotus khasiensis BOULENGER 1890
Tropidonotus khasiensis — BOULENGER 1893: 223
Tropidonotus khasiensis — WALL 1908: 316
Natrix khasiensis — WALL 1923
Natrix khasiensis — BOURRET 1935: 2
Natrix khasiensis — SMITH 1943: 289
Amphiesma khasiensis MALNATE 1960
Paranatrix modesta — MAHENDRA 1984
Amphiesma khasiensis — DAS 1996: 53
Amphiesma khasiense — ZIEGLER et al. 2006
Amphiesma khasiensis — SHARMA 2004
Amphiesma cf. khasiense — GRISMER et al. 2007
Hebius khasiense — GUO et al. 2014
Amphiesma khasiense — WALLACH et al. 2014: 30
Amphiesma khasiense — CHAN-ARD et al. 2015: 233
Hebius hasiensis — HIKIDA 2015 (in error)
Hebius khasiensis — ZHOU et al. 2019
Hebius khasiensis — BOHRA et al. 2025: 474 
DistributionIndia (Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland), Myanmar (= Burma), Laos (Oudômxay, Phôngsali), Vietnam, Thailand,
China (Yunnan, Xizang = Tibet), Cambodia

Type locality: Khasi Hills, India  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 1946.1.12.80, an adult female, designated by Bohra et al. 2025 (Fig. 4.); Syntype: BMNH 1946.1.13.62, male (fide Nguyen et al. 2024)
Paralectotypes: BMNH 1946.1.12.81 and BMNH1946.1.12.82, two adult males bear the same collection details as the lectotype; BMNH 1946.1.13.45, a juvenile female collected by Sir J. Hooker from the same locality as the lectotype ((Fig. 5 in Bohra et al.)
Additional topotypic and referred materials: MZMU 3526 (Fig. 6), an adult female collected by Sanath Chandra Bohra and Holiness Warjri on 12th April 2024 at around 21:45 h from Mairang, Eastern West Khasi Hills district (25.559415°N, 91.635047° E; 1564 m asl), Meghalaya, India; MZMU2810, MZMU2973, MZMU3239, all adult females collected by H.T. Lalremsanga, Lal Biakzuala and others from Tamdil National Wetland (23.728665°N, 92.956578°E), Aizawl district, Mizoram, India; MZMU2706, a juvenile female collected by H.T. Lalremsanga, Lal Biakzuala and others from Theiriat (22.868358°N, 92.788137°E), Lunglei district, Mizoram, India; MZMU2540, an adult female collected by H.T. Lalremsanga, Lal Biakzuala and others from Sailam (23.350624°N, 92.797968°E), Aizawl district, Mizoram, India; MZMU2096, an adult female collected by H.T. Lalremsanga, Lal Biakzuala and others from Durtlang (23.795506°N, 92.726469°E), Aizawl district, Mizoram, India; MZMU1304, an adult female collected by H.T. Lalremsanga, Lal Biakzuala and others from Reiek (23.677444°N, 92.603713°E), Aizawl district, Mizoram, India; MZMU1531, an adult female collected by H.T. Lalremsanga, Lal Biakzuala and others from Sawleng (23.981553°N, 92.930910°E), Aizawl district, Mizoram, India; MZMU923, an adult male by H.T. Lalremsanga, Lal Biakzuala and others from Durtlang (23.795506°N, 92.726469°E), Aizawl district, Mizoram, India. 
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CommentSynonymy: Natrix gilhodesi WALL 1925: 805 was synonymized with khasiensis until Bohra et al. 2025 revalidated it.

Similar species: H. boulengeri, H. modestum, H. gilhodesi. Records of “Amphiesma khasiense” from eastern and southern Laos found in the literature (Smith 1943; Deuve 1970) refer to Hebius boulengeri or H. gilhodesi. There seem to be no clear differences between A. khasiense and A. modestum (GRISMER et al. 2007).

Distribution: possibly in Bhutan (Lenz 2012). See map in Nguyen et al. 2024: 176 (Fig. 7). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
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