Sabah keelback | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Hebius |
Species: | H. flavifrons
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Binomial name | |
Hebius flavifrons (
Boulenger, 1887)
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Synonyms | |
The Sabah keelback (Hebius flavifrons) is a nonvenomous colubrid endemic to Borneo. [1] [2]
Adults are about 54 cm (21 inches) in total length, of which about 18 cm (7 inches) is tail. [3] Body slender; midbody scales 19, keeled; ventrals 149–157; subcaudals 92–101; dorsum olive-grey, with darker markings; a distinctive white to yellowish-cream spot on snout.
It is frequently encountered in rivers in the plains and midhills, seen swimming with its head held out of water. [4]
Its diet includes frog eggs, tadpoles and frogs. [4]
Nothing is known about its reproductive biology. [4]
It is endemic to Borneo. It has been found in Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak. [4]
Sabah keelback | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Hebius |
Species: | H. flavifrons
|
Binomial name | |
Hebius flavifrons (
Boulenger, 1887)
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Synonyms | |
The Sabah keelback (Hebius flavifrons) is a nonvenomous colubrid endemic to Borneo. [1] [2]
Adults are about 54 cm (21 inches) in total length, of which about 18 cm (7 inches) is tail. [3] Body slender; midbody scales 19, keeled; ventrals 149–157; subcaudals 92–101; dorsum olive-grey, with darker markings; a distinctive white to yellowish-cream spot on snout.
It is frequently encountered in rivers in the plains and midhills, seen swimming with its head held out of water. [4]
Its diet includes frog eggs, tadpoles and frogs. [4]
Nothing is known about its reproductive biology. [4]
It is endemic to Borneo. It has been found in Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak. [4]