Hebius boulengeri

Hebius boulengeri
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Hebius
Species:	H. boulengeri
Binomial name
	Hebius boulengeri; (Gressitt, 1937)
Synonyms
	Natrix boulengeri ; Gressitt, 1937; Amphiesma boulengeri ; — Malnate, 1960; Hebius boulengeri ; — Guo et al., 2014; Amphiesma boulengeri ; — Wallach et al., 2014;

Hebius boulengeri is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is also known commonly as the Tai-yong keelback or Boulenger's keelback.^[3]

Etymology

The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.^[4]

H. boulengeri is found in Cambodia, China, and Vietnam.^[2]

The preferred natural habitats of H. boulengeri are forest and freshwater streams and wetlands. It is also found in rice paddies.^[1]

H. boulengeri preys upon fishes and amphibians.^[1]

H. boulengeri is oviparous.^[1]^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Jiang, J.; Lau, M. (2016). "Hebius boulengeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T192130A96293644. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T192130A96293644.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Species Hebius boulengeri at The Reptile Database .
^ Not to be confused with the Sri Lankan species called Boulenger's keelback, Fowlea asperrimus
^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphiesma boulengeri, p. 35).