{{Short description|Species of snake}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Chan-Ard, T. |author-link=species:Tanya Chan-ard |author2=Vogel, G. |author2-link=species:Gernot Vogel |date=2016 |title=''Hebius groundwateri '' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T176334A96295119 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T176334A96295119.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Hebius | species = groundwateri | authority = (M.A. Smith, 1922) | synonyms = *''Natrix groundwateri'' <br />{{small|M.A. Smith, 1922}} *''Amphiesma groundwateri'' <br />{{small|— Chan-ard et al., 1999}} *''Hebius groundwateri'' <br />{{small|— Guo et al., 2014}} *''Amphiesma groundwateri'' <br />{{small|— Wallach et al., 2014}} *''Hebius groundwateri'' <br />{{small|— David et al., 2021}} | synonyms_ref =<ref name=RDB/> }}
'''Groundwater's keelback''' ('''''Hebius groundwateri''')'' is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Thailand.
==Etymology== The specific name, ''groundwateri'', is in honor of zoological illustrator Mr. C.L. Groundwater.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beolens |first1=Bo |author1-link=species:Bo Beolens |last2=Watkins |first2=Michael |author2-link=species:Michael Watkins |last3=Grayson |first3=Michael |year=2011 |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |location=Baltimore |isbn=978-1-4214-0135-5}} xiii + 296 pp. (''Amphiesma groundwateri'', p. 109).</ref>
==Geographic range== ''H. groundwateri'' is found in southern Thailand, in Ranong Province.<ref name=RDB>{{EMBL species|genus=Hebius|species=groundwateri}}</ref>
==Habitat== The preferred natural habitat of ''H. groundwateri'' is forest.<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021"/>
==Description== ''H. groundwateri'' may attain a total length of {{cvt|45|cm|in}}, which includes a tail {{cvt|16.5|cm|in}} long.<ref>Taylor EH (1965).</ref>
==Reproduction== ''H. groundwateri'' is oviparous.<ref name=RDB/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== *Chan-ard T, Nabhitabhta J, Parr JWK (2015). ''A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand''. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pp. {{ISBN|978-0-19-973649-2}} (hardcover): {{ISBN|978-0-19-973650-8}} (paperback). *Guo P, Zhu F, Liu Q, Zhang L, Li JX, Huang YY, Pyron RA (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. (''Hebius groundwateri'', new combination). *Smith MA (1922). "Notes on Reptiles and Batrachians from Siam and Indo-China, (No. 1)". ''Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam'' '''4''' (4): 203-214 + Plate 8. (''Natrix groundwateri'', new species, pp. 205–206 + Plate 8, figure 2). *Taylor EH (1965). "The Serpents of Thailand and Adjacent Waters". ''University of Kansas Science Bulletin'' '''65''' (9): 609–1096. (''Natrix groundwateri'', pp. 827–828).
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Category:Reptiles described in 1922 Category:Taxa named by Malcolm Arthur Smith Category:Snakes of Thailand Category:Hebius
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