Japanese keelback

Japanese keelback
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Hebius
Species:
H. vibakari
Binomial name
Hebius vibakari
(H. Boie, 1826)
Synonyms
  • Tropidonotus vibakari H. Boie, 1826
  • Natrix vibakari Stejneger, 1907
  • Amphiesma vibakari Malnate, 1960

The Japanese keelback (Hebius vibakari), sometimes called the ringed snake or water snake, is a species of colubrid snake, which is endemic to Asia. It was first described in 1826 by Heinrich Boie as Tropidonotus vibakari.

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