Amphiesma

Taxobox
name = "Amphiesma" (keelbacks)


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Amphiesma stolatum"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
class = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Colubridae
subfamilia = Natricinae
genus = "Amphiesma"
genus_authority = Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Amphiesma andreae"
"Amphiesma beddomei"
"Amphiesma flavifrons"
"Amphiesma khasiense"
"Amphiesma leucomystax"
"Amphiesma modestum"
"Amphiesma monticola"
"Amphiesma nicobariense"
"Amphiesma parallelum"
"Amphiesma pealii"
"Amphiesma platyceps"
"Amphiesma sieboldii"
"Amphiesma stolatum"
"Amphiesma vibakari"
"Amphiesma xenura"
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"Amphiesma" is a genus of colubrid snakes.

"Amphiesma" species occur in southern and eastern Asia, including Siberia, Korea, China, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Japan, and Indonesia.

Other meanings

"Amphiesma" can also refer to a complex cell covering in some Dinoflagellates, composed of flattened vesicles called "alveoli" that sometimes support overlapping cellulose plates to form a type of scaly armor called a theca.

Source

* [http://www.cyberlizard.plus.com/colubridae_listing.htm A Quick Guide to the Colubridae]