| Andrea's keelback | |
|---|---|
| Physical description | |
| Habitat | Freshwater lakes, rivers and streams |
| Diet | Carnivorous |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Reptilia |
| Order | Squamata |
| Suborder | Serpentes |
| Family | Colubridae |
| Subfamily | Natricinae |
| Genus | Amphiesma |
| Distribution | |
| Distribution of species | Vietnam |
Andrea's keelback (Amphiesma andreae) is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake found in the central Annamite Range in Vietnam. Only one specimen has ever been examined and photographed. In 2006, Thomas Ziegler and Le Khac Quyet, captured a male in the area of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park whose coloring was distinct enough from other known keelbacks to be described as a newly-discovered species.
References[]
- Ziegler, T., Le, K.Q. (2006): A new natricine snake of the genus Amphiesma (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from the central Truong Son, Vietnam. Zootaxa 1225: 39-56.