Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Suborder Serpentes Scientific name Amphiesma andreae | Phylum Chordata Order Squamata Family Colubridae Rank Species | |
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Amphiesma andreae, commonly known as Andrea's keelback, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to Southeast Asia.
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Etymology
The specific name, andreae, is in honor of Andrea Ziegler, wife of German herpetologist Thomas Ziegler.
Geographic range
A. andreae is found in the central Annamite Range in Vietnam.
Discovery
Only one specimen of A. 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.
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