Amphiesma andreae

Amphiesma andreae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Natricinae
Genus: Amphiesma
Species: A. andreae
Binomial name
Amphiesma andreae
Ziegler & Le, 2006

Amphiesma andreae, commonly known as Andrea's keelback, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to Southeast Asia.

Geographic range

It is found in the central Annamite Range in Vietnam.

Discovery

Only one specimen has ever been examined and photographed. In 2006, Thomas Ziegler and Le Khac Quyet, captured a male in the area of Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park whose coloring was distinct enough from other known keelbacks to be described as a newly discovered species. There has been one bite recorded from this species on Bharathi Pochu.

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