''Herpetoreas'' is a

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snake Snakes are elongated, Limbless vertebrate, limbless, carnivore, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other Squamata, squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping Scale (zoology), scales. Ma ...

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Natricinae The Natricinae are a subfamily of colubroid snakes, sometimes referred to as a family (Natricidae). The subfamily comprises 37 genera. Members include many very common snake species, such as the European grass snakes, and the North American wa ...

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Colubridae Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ever ...

. The genus is

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South Asia South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.;;;;;;;; ...

Species

The genus ''Herpetoreas'' contains the following 7

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, which are recognized as being valid. *'' Herpetoreas burbrinki'' — Burbrink's keelback *'' Herpetoreas murlen'' — Murlen keelback *'' Herpetoreas pealii'' — Assam keelback, Peal’s keelback, bark brown keelback *''

Herpetoreas platyceps The Himalayan keelback (''Herpetoreas platyceps'') is a species of natricinae, grass snake in the Family (biology), family Colubridae. The species is Endemism, endemic to South Asia. Geographic range ''H. platyceps'' is known from India along th ...

'' — Himalayan keelback *''

Herpetoreas sieboldii The Sikkim keelback (''Herpetoreas sieboldii'') is a species of grass snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South Asia and Myanmar. It is closely related to the Himalayan keelback, and some treat this species as a synonym (Ti ...

'' — Siebold's keelback, Sikkim keelback *'' Herpetoreas tpser'' *'' Herpetoreas xenura'' — Wall's keelback ''

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Herpetoreas''.

Etymology

The

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, ''burbrinki'', is in honor of American herpetologist Frank T. Burbrink.. www.reptile-database.org.

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