Sikkim keelback

Sikkim keelback
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Amphiesma
Species:	A. sieboldii
Binomial name
*Amphiesma sieboldii* (Günther, 1860)
Synonyms
Herpetoreas sieboldii Günther, 1860 Amphiesma sieboldii – Das, 1996

The Sikkim keelback (Amphiesma sieboldii ) is a species of grass snake endemic to South Asia. It is closely related to Amphiesma platyceps, and some treat this species as a synonym. (Tillack 2003).

Geographic range

A sieboldii is found in Bangladesh, India (Punjab, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh), Myanmar (formerly called Burma), Nepal, and Pakistan.

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