- Rhabdophis subminiatus
Taxobox | name = Red-necked Keelback
image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Rhabdophis subminiatus" from Bogor, West Java
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Reptilia
ordo =Squamata
subordo =Serpentes
familia =Colubridae
genus = "Rhabdophis "
species = "R. subminiatus"
binomial = "Rhabdophis subminiatus"
binomial_authority = (Schlegel, 1837)
synonyms = "Rhabdophis subminiata"Red-necked Keelback ("Rhabdophis subminiatus") is a
species ofsnake . The snake has a greenish hue with red and yellow regions near the head. It grows to about 40 inches (one meter) in length. It generally lives near ponds where it consumes frogs. Its a rear-fanged species and was previously thought to be harmless but following one fatal and several near fatal envenomations the toxicity of its venom was investigated.As a result It has recently been re classified as a dangerous species.Distribution
The red-necked keelback can be found in the following areas of the world:
*Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi ?),
*Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Burma,
*West Malaysia, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal,
*India (Assam ?, Sikkim; Arunachal Pradesh (Chimpu, Itanagar - Papum Pare district) ),
*China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Hong Kong, Hainan)The keelback of the race 'helleri' can be found in the following locations:
*
Bangladesh
*Hong Kong
*India
*Laos
*Myanmar
*Nepal
*People's Republic of China
*Thailand
*North Vietnam The keelback is also of the type locality of
Java .External links
* http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Rhabdophis_subminiatus.jpg
References
* Boulenger, G.A. 1893 Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.
* Bulian,J. 1999 Über die Schlangenfauna eines Gartens in Südthailand. Elaphe 7 (4): 61-67
* Schlegel, H. 1837 Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Généralxxviii +251 S. + Partie Descriptiv606 S. + xvi. La Haye (J. Kips, J. HZ. et W. P. van Stockum)
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