Amphiesma

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iAmphiesma (keelbacks)
Amphiesma stolatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Amphiesma Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
Species

Amphiesma andreae
Amphiesma beddomei
Amphiesma khasiense
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.

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.

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