{{Short description|Genus of snakes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Hebius vibakari 04.jpg | image_caption = Japanese keelback (''Hebius vibakari'') | taxon = Hebius | authority = Thompson, 1913 | subdivision_ranks = Species }}
'''''Hebius''''' is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.<ref name=RDB>{{EMBL genus|genus=Hebius}}.</ref>
==Geographic range== The genus ''Hebius'' is endemic to Asia.<ref name=Guo>Guo et al.</ref>
==Taxonomy== All of the member species of the genus ''Hebius'' were formerly placed in the genus ''Amphiesma'', but in 2014 Guo et al. placed most species of ''Amphiesma'' in the genus ''Hebius''. They placed other species in the genus ''Herpetoreas'', leaving ''Amphiesma'' a monotypic taxon containing only the species ''Amphiesma stolatum''.<ref name=Guo/>
==Species== The following 53 species are recognized as being valid.<ref name=RDB/> *''Hebius andreae'' <small>(Ziegler & Quyet, 2006)</small> – Andrea’s keelback *''Hebius annamensis'' <small>Bourret, 1934</small> – Annam keelback *''Hebius arquus'' <small>(David & G. Vogel, 2010)</small> *''Hebius atemporalis'' <small>(Bourret, 1934)</small> – Tonkin keelback *''Hebius bitaeniatus'' <small>(Wall, 1925)</small> – Kutkai keelback *''Hebius boulengeri'' <small>(Gressitt, 1937)</small> – Tai-yong keelback, Boulenger’s keelback *''Hebius celebicus'' <small>(W. Peters & Doria, 1878)</small> – Sulawesi keelback *''Hebius chapaensis'' <small>Bourret, 1934</small> – Vietnam water snake *''Hebius clerki'' <small>(Wall, 1925)</small> – Yunnan keelback *''Hebius concelarus'' <small>(Malnate, 1963)</small> *''Hebius craspedogaster'' <small>(Boulenger, 1899)</small> – Kuatun keelback *''Hebius deschauenseei'' <small>(Taylor, 1934)</small> – northern keelback, Deschauensee’s keelback *''Hebius flavifrons'' <small>(Boulenger, 1887)</small> – Sabah keelback *''Hebius frenatus'' <small>(Dunn, 1923)</small> – bridled keelback *''Hebius groundwateri'' <small>(M.A. Smith, 1922)</small> – Groundwater's keelback *''Hebius igneus'' <small>David, G. Vogel, T.Q. Nguyen, Orlov, Pauwels, Teynié & Ziegler, 2021</small> *''Hebius inas'' <small>(Laidlaw, 1901)</small> – Malayan mountain keelback *''Hebius ishigakiensis'' <small>(Malnate & Munsterman, 1960)</small> – Yaeyama keelback *''Hebius johannis'' <small>(Boulenger, 1908)</small> – Johann's keelback *''Hebius kerinciensis'' <small>(David & Das, 2003)</small> *''Hebius khasiensis'' <small>(Boulenger, 1890)</small> – Khasi Hills keelback, Khasi keelback *''Hebius lacrima'' <small>Purkayastha & David, 2019</small> – crying keelback *''Hebius leucomystax'' <small>(David, Bain, T.Q. Nguyen, Orlov, G. Vogel, Thanh & Ziegler, 2007)</small> – white-lipped keelback *''Hebius malnatei'' <small>Li et al., 2026</small><ref name="Li2026">{{cite journal |last1=Li |first1=Mao-Liang |last2=Nguyen |first2=Tan Van |last3=Huang |first3=Jun-Jie |last4=Idiiatullina |first4=Sabira S. |last5=Le |first5=Sheng-Chao |last6=Poyarkov |first6=Nikolay A. |last7=David |first7=Patrick |last8=Han |first8=Bo-Yan |last9=Wu |first9=Wei |last10=Li |first10=Jia-Tang |last11=Ren |first11=Jin-Long |date=2026 |title=Taxonomic reassessment of Hebius atemporalis (Bourret, 1934) (Squamata, Natricidae), with the description of a new species from China |journal=Zoosystematics and Evolution |volume=102 |issue=1 |pages=235–251 |doi=10.3897/zse.102.176342 |doi-access=free |language=en}}</ref> *''Hebius maximus'' <small>Malnate,.1962</small> – western China keelback *''Hebius metusia'' <small>(Inger, E. Zhao, Shaffer & G. Wu, 1990)</small> – Wa Shan keelback *''Hebius miyajimae'' <small>(Maki, 1931)</small> – Maki's keelback *''Hebius modestus'' <small>(Günther, 1875)</small> – modest keelback *''Hebius nigriventer'' <small>(Wall, 1925)</small> *''Hebius octolineatus'' <small>(Boulenger, 1904)</small> – eight-lined keelback *''Hebius optatus'' <small>(Hu & E. Zhao, 1966)</small> – Mount Omei keelback *''Hebius parallelus'' <small>(Boulenger, 1890)</small> – Yunnan keelback *''Hebius petersii'' <small>(Boulenger, 1893)</small> – Peters's keelback *''Hebius popei'' <small>(Schmidt, 1925)</small> – Pope's keelback *''Hebius pryeri'' <small>(Boulenger, 1887)</small> – Pryer's keelback *''Hebius sanguineus'' <small>(Smedley, 1931)</small> – Cameron Highlands keelback *''Hebius sangzhiensis'' <small>Zhou et al., 2019</small><ref name="ZT2019">{{cite journal |last1=Zhou |first1=Z. |author-link=species:Zheng-Yan Zhou |last2=Sun |first2=Z. |author2-link=species:Zhi-Yong Sun |last3=Qi |first3=S. |author3-link=species:Shuo Qi |last4=Lu |first4=Y. |author4-link=species:Yu-Yan Lu |last5=Lyu |first5=Z. |author5-link=species:Zhi-Tong Lyu |last6=Wang |first6=Y. |author6-link=species:Ying-Yong Wang |last7=Li |first7=P. |author7-link=species:Pi-Peng Li |last8=Ma |first8=J. |author8-link=species:Jian-Zhang Ma |title=A new species of the genus ''Hebius'' (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Hunan Province, China |journal=Zootaxa |date=2019 |volume=4674 |issue=1 |pages=68–82 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4674.1.3|pmid=31716020 |s2cid=204136072 }}</ref> – Sangzhi keelback *''Hebius sarasinorum'' <small>(Boulenger, 1896)</small> – Sarasin’s keelback *''Hebius sarawacensis'' <small>(Günther, 1872)</small> – Sarawak keelback *''Hebius sauteri'' <small>(Boulenger, 1909)</small> – Kosempo keelback *''Hebius septemlineatus'' <small>(Schmidt, 1925)</small> – Tengchong keelback *''Hebius taronensis'' <small>(M.A. Smith, 1940)</small> – Kachin keelback *''Hebius terrakarenorum'' <small>Hauser, Smits, & David, 2022</small> *''Hebius venningi'' <small>(Wall, 1910)</small> – Chin Hills keelback *''Hebius vibakari'' <small>(H. Boie, 1826)</small> – Japanese keelback *''Hebius viperinus'' <small>(Schenkel, 1901)</small> *''Hebius weixiensis'' <small>Hou, Yuan, Wei, G. Zhao, G. Liu, Y. Wu, Shen, Chen, Guo & Che, 2021</small> – Weixi keelback *''Hebius yanbianensis'' <small>Q. Liu, Zhong, Wang, Y. Liu & Guo, 2018)</small> – Yanbian keelback *''Hebius youjiangensis'' <small>Yang, Xu, Wu, Gong, Huang & Huang, 2023</small> *''Hebius citrinoventer'' <small>Xu, Yang, Ouyang, Huang & Peng, 2024</small> – Yingjiang keelback *''Hebius jingdongensis'' <small>Ma, Shi, Ayi & Jiang, 2023</small> – Jingdong keelback *''Hebius gilhodesi'' <small>Bohra, Nguyen, Vogel, Lalremsanga, Biakzuala, Das, Warjri, Thongni, Poyarkov & Purkayastha, 2025</small> – Bhamo keelback *''Hebius shantianfangi'' <small>Liu, Wang, Hou, Zhang, Wang, Zong, Zhou, Rao, David & Vogel, 2025</small> – Mengla keelback *''Hebius ngoclinhensis'' <small>Le, Phan, T. L. Nguyen, Murphy, Lam, S. N. Nguyen & Che, 2026</small> – Ngoc Linh keelback ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Hebius''.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== *Guo, Peng; Zhu, Fei; Liu, Qin; Zhang, Liang; Li, Jian X.; Huang, Yu Y.; Pyron, R. Alexander (2014). "A taxonomic revision of the Asian keelback snakes, genus ''Amphiesma'' (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae), with description of a new species". ''Zootaxa'' '''3873''' (4): 425–440. *Thompson JC (1913). "Contributions to the Anatomy of the Ophidia". ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' '''1913''': 414–425. (''Hebius'', new genus, p. 424).
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