Andrea's keelback

Andrea's keelback (Hebius andreae) is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to Vietnam.

Andrea's keelback
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Hebius
Species:	H. andreae
Binomial name
Hebius andreae (Ziegler [de] & Le, 2006)
Synonyms[2]
Amphiesma andreae Ziegler & Le, 2006 Hebius andreae — Guo et al., 2014

Etymology

The specific name, andreae, is in honor of Andrea Ziegler, wife of German herpetologist Thomas Ziegler [de].^[3]

Geographic range

H. andreae is found in the central Annamite Range in Vietnam.^[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of H. andreae is forest, at an altitude of 450 m (1,480 ft).^[1]

Discovery

Only one specimen of H. andreae has ever been examined and photographed. In 2006, Thomas Ziegler and Le Khac Quyet, captured a male in the area of Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park whose coloring was distinct enough from other known keelbacks to be described as a newly discovered species. There has been one bite recorded from this species on Bharathi Pochu.^[4]

Reproduction

H. andreae is oviparous.^[2]