Amphiesma platyceps

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Himalayan Keelback
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Genus: Amphiesma Species: A. platyceps
Binomial name
Amphiesma platyceps (Blyth, 1854)
Synonyms
Tropidonotus platyceps Zamenis himalayanus Tropidonotus firthi

The Himalayan Keelback Amphiesma platyceps is a species of snake found in India (Kashmir, Sikkim, Punjab, Assam, Darjeeling, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh), Nepal (1040 up to 3657 m elevation), Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, China (Xizang = Tibet).

[edit] External links

• EMBL reptile database

[edit] References

• Blyth, EDWARD. 1855 Notices and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little known [part 2]. Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 23 (3): 287-302 [1854]
• Cardew, A.G. 1896 A rough key to the identification of Indian ophidia. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 10: 585-596
• Hubrecht, A.A.W. 1882 List of reptiles and amphibians brought from British india by Mr. Francis Day. Notes Leyden Mus., Leiden 4: 138-144
• Kramer, E. 1977 Zur Schlangenfauna Nepals. Rev. suisse Zool., 84 (3): 721-761.
• Malnate, E. V. 1966 Amphiesma platyceps (Blyth) and Amphiesma sieboldii (Günther): sibling species (Reptilia: Serpentes). J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 63 (1): 1-17
• Schleich, H.H. & Kästle, W. 2002 Amphibians and Reptiles of Nepal. Koeltz, Königstein, 1200 pp.
• Shaw, G.E.; Shebbeare, E.O. & Barker, P.E. 1939 The snakes of northern Bengal and Sikkim, Part 4. The colubrine snakes. J. Darjeeling Nat. Hist. Soc. 13: 114-123
• Shaw, G.E.; Shebbeare, E.O. & Barker, P.E. 2000 The snakes of Sikkim and Bengal [reprint]. Asiatic Publ. House (Delhi), 125 pp.
• Steindachner,F. 1867 Ueber drei neue Schlangenarten [Calamaria philippinica]. Verh. zool.-botan. Ges. Wien 17: 513-516
• Tillack, F. 2003 Über die Verbreitung und Biologie der Himalaya-Gebirgswassernatter Amphiesma platyceps (Blyth 1854) und einen Fall von Amphigonia retardata (Serpentes: ColubridaNatricinae). Sauria 25 (1): 21-27
• Wall, F. 1913 A new snake of the genus Tropidonotus from the Eastern Himalayas. Tropidonotus Firthi, spec. nov. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 23: 166
• Wall,F. 1923 A Hand-list of the Snakes of the Indian Empire. Part 2. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 29: 598-632