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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Speciesbox Hebius venningi, commonly known as the Chin Hills keelback or Venning's keelback, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, venningi, is in honor of British ornithologist Francis Esmond Wingate Venning (1882–1970).[1]

Geographic range

H. venningi is found in southwestern China (Yunnan and Guangxi), northeastern India (Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Arunachal Pradesh), and northern Myanmar.[2][3] It is also reported from Bangladesh.[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of H. venningi are forest and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes of Шаблон:Convert[2]

Description

H. venningi is grayish brown dorsally, and yellowish or pinkish ventrally. It may attain a total length (including tail) of Шаблон:Convert.[5]

Diet

H. venningi preys upon tadpoles.[6][5]

Reproduction

H. venningi is oviparous.[3]

References

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Further reading

  • Шаблон:Interlanguage link (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Amphiesma venningi, p. 19).
  • Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Natrix venningi, pp. 286–287).
  • Wall F (1910). "A new Tropidonotus from the Chin Hills". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 20: 345–346. (Tropidonotus venningi, new species).


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  1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Amphiesma venningi, p. 274).
  2. 2,0 2,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок iucn status 20 November 2021 не указан текст
  3. 3,0 3,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок RDB не указан текст
  4. Шаблон:Cite journal
  5. 5,0 5,1 I. Das, 2002.
  6. M.A. Smith, 1943.