Eight-lined keelback

The eight-lined keelback (Hebius octolineatus) is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. It is endemic to southwestern China.^[1][2]

Eight-lined keelback
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Hebius
Species:	H. octolineatus
Binomial name
Hebius octolineatus (Boulenger, 1904)
Synonyms
Tropidonotus octolineatus Tropidonotus quadrilineatus Tropidonotus pleurotaenia Tropidonotus parallelus var. sublaevis Natrix septemlineata Natrix octolineata Natrix nigroreticulata Amphiesma octolineata Amphiesma octolineatum

Geographic range

The snake is found in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Guangxi provinces of China.^[1][2]