Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Colubridae > Hebius > Hebius monticola

Hebius monticola (Green western keelback; Wynad Keelback)

Synonyms: Amphiesma monticola; Natrix monticola; Rhabdophis monticola; Tropidonotus monticolus

Wikipedia Abstract

Amphiesma monticola is a harmless colubrid snake species found in the Western Ghats of India. They are especially well known from the Kodagu and Wayanad regions of the Western Ghats.
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Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
North Western Ghats montane rain forests India Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
South Western Ghats montane rain forests India Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka India, Sri Lanka Yes

Range Map

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External References

Citations

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0