Sikkim keelback

The Sikkim keelback (Herpetoreas sieboldii) is a species of grass snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South Asia and Myanmar.^[3] It is closely related to the Himalayan keelback, and some treat this species as a synonym (Tillack 2003).

Sikkim keelback
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Herpetoreas
Species:	H. sieboldii
Binomial name
Herpetoreas sieboldii (Günther, 1860)
Synonyms[2]
Herpetoreas sieboldii Günther, 1860 Amphiesma sieboldii — Das, 1996 Herpetoreas sieboldii — Guo et al., 2014

Geographic range

H. sieboldii is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India (Punjab, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh), Myanmar (formerly called Burma), Nepal, and Pakistan.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, sieboldii, is in honor of German zoologist Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold.

Reproduction

H. sieboldii is oviparous.^[2]