Hebius clerki, also known commonly as the Yunnan keelback, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Asia.
Geographic range
H. clerki is found in north-eastern India, northern Myanmar, south-western China (Yunnan), Nepal, and Bhutan.
Taxonomy
Many authors have considered H. clerki to be a synonym of H. parallelus (formerly Amphiesma parallelum), but a 2015 study revalidated H. clerki. It is possible that many records of H. parallelus actually represent H. clerki.
Habitat
H. clerki is a terrestrial snake inhabiting subtropical moist hill forests above , often close to water.
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of H. clerki is unknown.
References
Further reading
- , , , , , (2015). "Revalidation of Natrix clerki Wall, 1925, an overlooked species in the genus Amphiesma Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Squamata: Natricidae)". Zootaxa 3919 (2): 375âÂÂ395.
- , , , , , (2014). "A taxonomic revision of the Asian keelback snakes, genus Amphiesma (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae), with description of a new species". Zootaxa 3873 (4): 425âÂÂ440. (Hebius clerki, new combination).
- Wall F (2025). "Notes on Snakes collected in Burma in 1924". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 30 (4): 805âÂÂ821. (Natrix clerki, new species, p. 809).