''Hydrablabes'' is a

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of snakes in the

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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 ...

of the

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. The genus contains two

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Geographic range

Both species of the genus ''Hydrablabes'' are

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Species

The following two species are recognized as being valid.. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Hydrablabes periops'' — olive small-eyed snake *'' Hydrablabes praefrontalis'' — Mocquard's small-eyed snake ''

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

References

* Boulenger GA (1891). "Remarks on the Herpetological Fauna of Mount Kina Baloo, North Borneo". ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sixth Series'' 7: 341–345. (''Hydrablabes'', new genus, p. 343-344). *Boulenger GA (1893). ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part.'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Genus ''Hydrablabes'', p. 296; species ''H. periops'', p. 296; species ''H. præfrontalis'', p. 297). * Das I (2006). ''A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo''. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. . (''Hydrablabes periops'', pp. 9, 38; ''H. praefrontalis'', p. 10). Hydrablabes Reptiles of Borneo Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger {{colubrid-stub

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