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) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1651 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
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 Google images

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