Hebius ishigakiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

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

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

Name

Hebius ishigakiensis (Malnate & Munsterman, 1960)

• Holotype: CAS 21913, adult ♂, collected by Víctor Kühne, between 25 May–2 June 1910.
• Type locality: “Ishigaki-shima, Yaeyama group, Riukiu [=Ryukyu] Islands”, Japan.
• Paratypes: CAS 21914, 21917, 21919, all ♂; CAS 21912, 21915, 21916, 21918, 21921, all ♀, same data as holotype.

Combinations

• Natrix pryeri ishigakiense Malnate & Munsterman, 1960: 61 [original combination]
• Amphiesma pryeri ishigakiensis — Malnate, 1962: 283 [subsequent combination]
• Amphiesma ishigakiense — Ota & Iwanaga, 1997: 354 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
• Hebius ishigakiense — Guo, Zhu, Liu, Zhang, Li, Huang & Pyron, 2014: 438 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Japan: Ryukyu Archipelago: Yaeyama Group: Ishigaki and Iriomonte.

References

Primary references

• Malnate, E.V. & Munsterman, H.E. 1960. Interpopulation variation in the colubrid snake Natrix pryeri from the Riukiu Islands, with description of a new subspecies. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Series 4 31(2): 51–67. BHL Reference page. 
• Ota, H. & Iwanaga, S. 1997. A systematic review of the snakes allied to Amphiesma pryeri (Squamata: Colubridae) in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 121(4): 339–360. DOI: 10.1006/zjls.1996.0091 Reference page. 
• Guo, G., Zhu, F., Liu, Q., Zhang, L., Li, J.X., Huang, Y.Y. & Pyron, R.A. 2014. A taxonomic revision of the Asian keelback snakes, genus Amphiesma (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3873(4): 425–440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3873.4.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Hebius ishigakiensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 October 2021.
• Kidera, N. & Ota, H. 2017. IUCN: Hebius ishigakiensis  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T96252669A96252674. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T96252669A96252674.en

Vernacular names

English: Yaeyama Keelback
日本語: ヤエヤマヒバァ