Wall's keelback (''Herpetoreas xenura'') is a
species
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of
natricine snake
endemic
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to
Northeast India
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Geographic range
It is found in Khasi Hills
The Khasi Hills () is a low mountain formation on the Shillong Plateau in Meghalaya state of India. The Khasi Hills are part of the Garo-Khasi-Jaintia range and connects with the Purvanchal Range and larger Patkai Range further east. Khasi Hill ...
in the Indian state of Meghalaya
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.[ It is also found in ]Myanmar
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References
Further reading
* Smith, M.A. 1943. ''The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III. — Serpentes.'' Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, Printers). London. 583 pp. (''Natrix xenura'', p. 292.)
* Wall, F. 1907. Some new Asian snakes. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 17 (3): 612–618. (''Tropidonotus xenura'', p. 616.)
Herpetoreas
Snakes of Asia
Reptiles of India
Endemic fauna of India
Reptiles described in 1907
Taxa named by Frank Wall
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