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Hebius popei (SCHMIDT, 1925)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Pope's Keelback
Chinese: 坡普腹链蛇 
SynonymNatrix popei SCHMIDT 1925: 3
Natrix vibakari popei — MELL 1931 [1929]
Natrix popei — GLASS 1946
Amphiesma popei — MALNATE 1960
Amphiesma popei — MALNATE 1962: 261
Amphiesma popei — DAVID et al. 2007
Hebius popei — GUO et al. 2014
Amphiesma popei — WALLACH et al. 2014: 32
Hebius popei — DAVID et al. 2021 
DistributionChina (Hainan, west to Hunan and Yunnan), Vietnam

Type locality: "Nodoa, Hainan, China."  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: AMNH 27763, adult male (C.H. Pope, Dec. 1922-July 1923). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Closely allied to Natrix vibakari and to Natrix sauteri of Formosa; maxillary teeth 20, the last gradually enlarged; anal divided; scales in nineteen rows; one or two anterior temporals; eight upper labials; fourth and fifth entering the eye; ventral plates 130-137; subcaudals 78-86; apical pits very faint, small,absent on most scales (Schmidt 1925).


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References
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  • DAVID, PATRICK; GERNOT VOGEL, TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, NIKOLAI L. ORLOV, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, ALEXANDRE TEYNIÉ, THOMAS ZIEGLER 2021. A revision of the dark-bellied, stream-dwelling snakes of the genus Hebius (Reptilia: Squamata: Natricidae) with the description of a new species from China, Vietnam and Thailand. Zootaxa 4911: 1–61 - get paper here
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