Hebius weixiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Hebius
Species: Hebius weixiensis

Name

Hebius weixiensis Hou, Yuan, Wei, Guo & Che in Hou et al., 2021: 622

• Holotype: KIZ 035739, adult ♂, collected by S.B. Hou and P.F. Wei on 19 June 2019.
• Type locality: “Shang Village (N27.130267°, E99.326753°; 2 426 m a.s.l.), Weixi County, Yunnan Province, China”.

References

Primary references

• Hou, S.-B., Yuan, Z.-Y., Wei, P.-F., Zhao, G.-G., Liu, G.-H., Wu, Y.-H., Shen, W.-J., Chen, J.-M., Guo, P. & Che, J. 2021. Molecular phylogeny and morphological comparisons of the genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) uncover a new taxon from Yunnan Province, China, and support revalidation of Hebius septemlineatus (Schmidt, 1925). Zoological Research 42(5): 620–625. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.093 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Hebius weixiensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 March 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Weixi Keelback