Genus of snakes
Herpetoreas is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South Asia.
Species
The genus Herpetoreas contains the following 7 species, which are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Herpetoreas burbrinki Guo, Zhu, Liu, Zhang, Li, Huang & Pyron, 2014 — Burbrink's keelback
- Herpetoreas murlen Lalremsanga, Bal, Vogel, & Biakzuala, 2022 — Murlen keelback
- Herpetoreas pealii (Sclater, 1891) — Assam keelback, Peal’s keelback, bark brown keelback
- Herpetoreas platyceps (Blyth, 1854) — Himalayan keelback
- Herpetoreas sieboldii Günther, 1860 — Siebold's keelback, Sikkim keelback
- Herpetoreas tpser Ren, Jiang, Huang, David, & Li, 2022
- Herpetoreas xenura (Wall, 1907) — Wall's keelback
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Herpetoreas.
Etymology
The specific name, burbrinki, is in honor of American herpetologist Frank T. Burbrink.[2]
References
Further reading
- Günther A (1860). "Contributions to a Knowledge of the Reptiles of the Himalaya Mountains". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1860: 148–175 + Plates XXV–XXVIII. (Herpetoreas, new genus, p. 156; H. sieboldii, new species, pp. 156–157).
