Herpetoreas Günther 1860

Herpetoreas is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South Asia.

Species

The genus Herpetoreas contains the following 7 species, which are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Herpetoreas burbrinki Guo, Zhu, Liu, Zhang, Li, Huang & Pyron, 2014 — Burbrink's keelback
• Herpetoreas murlen Lalremsanga, Bal, Vogel, & Biakzuala, 2022 — Murlen keelback
• Herpetoreas pealii (Sclater, 1891) — Assam keelback, Peal’s keelback, bark brown keelback
• Herpetoreas platyceps (Blyth, 1854) — Himalayan keelback
• Herpetoreas sieboldii Günther, 1860 — Siebold's keelback, Sikkim keelback
• Herpetoreas tpser Ren, Jiang, Huang, David, & Li, 2022
• Herpetoreas xenura (Wall, 1907) — Wall's keelback

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Herpetoreas.

Etymology

The specific name, burbrinki, is in honor of American herpetologist Frank T. Burbrink.^[2]

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