Herpetoreas burbrinki GUO, ZHU, LIU, ZHANG, LI, HUANG & PYRON, 2014

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Burbrink’s Keelback Chinese: Chayu Fulianshe
Synonym	Herpetoreas burbrinki GUO, ZHU, LIU, ZHANG, LI, HUANG & PYRON 2014 Herpetoreas burbrinki — LALREMSANGA et al. 2022
Distribution	China (Xizang) Type locality: Zayu County, Xizang A. R., China, at an elevation of 1889 m
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: YBU 071128, an adult male, collected in Sep. 2007
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Herpetoreas burbrinki can be distinguished from its relatives on the basis of the following combination of characters: 1) TL/SVL ratio in the single male 0.26; 2) one or two preoculars; 3) three postoculars; 4) three anterior temporals followed by two posterior temporals; 5) eight supralabials, 3rd to 5th in contact with the eye, 7th supralabial largest; 6) ten infralabials, the first five bordering the anterior chinshields; 7) 172 ventrals (plus two preventrals) in the one single male; 8) anal plate divided; 9) 96 divided subcaudals in the one single male; 10) reduction of dorsal scales rows from 19 to 17 scale (VS19TO17) occurring above ventral scale position 108; 11) reduction of the tail dorsal scales rows from 8 to 6 (SC6TO4) occurring above subcaudal 63; 12) dorsal scales in 19-19-17 rows, all distinctly keeled. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about about .29 pages) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material.
Comment	Abundance: Only known from two specimens.
Etymology	This species is named after the herpetologist Frank T. Burbrink of Peoria, Illinois, in recognition of his contributions to snake systematics and evolution.
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 Lalremsanga, H. T., Bal, A. K., Vogel, G., & Biakzuala, L. 2022. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of lesser known colubrid snakes reveal a new species of Herpetoreas (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae), and new insights into the systematics of Gongylosoma scriptum and its allies from northeastern India. SALAMANDRA, 58(2): 101-115 - get paper here Liu, S., Hou, M., Zhou, H., Zuo, C., Yin, F., & Rao, D. 2024. A New Species of Herpetoreas Günther, 1860 (Serpentes: Natricidae) from Yunnan, China. Diversity, 16(12), 768 - get paper here PENG, L., HUANG, S., BURBRINK, F. T., ZHANG, Y., GUO, P., & WU, H. 2021. Morphological description of a new specimen of Herpetoreas burbrinki Guo et al 2014 (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zootaxa 5039 (3): 433-439 - get paper here TAN, Songwen; Ke LI, Zhichao ZHAO, et al. 2026. A New Species of Herpetoreas from Southern Xizang, China, with Comments on the Systematic Position of H. sieboldii (Serpentes: Natricidae). Asian Herpetological Research, 2026, 17 (1): 34-44 - get paper here Wang, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Hongman Chen, Zhitong Lyu, Xianguang Guo Ke Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Jiatang Li, Peng Guo, Yingyong Wang, Jing Che 2020. The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China. Biodiversity Science 28 (2): 189-218 - get paper here
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/299311035626835/ Google images

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