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Hebius boulengeri (GRESSITT, 1937)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Tai-yong Keelback, Boulenger’s keelback
Chinese: 白眉腹链蛇 
SynonymNatrix boulengeri GRESSITT 1937
Amphiesma boulengeri — MALNATE 1960
Amphiesma boulengeri — DAVID et al. 2007
Hebius boulengeri — GUO et al. 2014
Amphiesma boulengeri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 29
Hebius boulengeri — WANG et al. 2022 
DistributionSE China (Hong Kong, Hainan, Guangdong, and Guangxi westward to Yunnan and Guizhou, Fujian, Hunan), N Vietnam (Yen Bai etc.), Cambodia (NW Cardamom Mountains)

Type locality: Tai-yong (= Dayang), Eastern Kwangtung (= Guangdong) Province, China, 23°34’ N, 115° 55’ E, 640 m elevation  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MVZ 23623, adult female 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after George Albert Boulenger (1858-1937), herpetologist at the British Museum of Natural History, London. 
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