THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Colubridae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Johann's KeelbackHebius johannis (Boulenger, 1908) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hebius kerinciensis (David & Das, 2003) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Khasi Hills KeelbackHebius khasiensis (Boulenger, 1890) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crying KeelbackHebius lacrima Purkayastha & David, 2019 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| White-lipped KeelbackHebius leucomystax (David, Bain, Quang Truong, Orlov, Vogel, Ngoc Thanh & Ziegler, 2007) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wa Shan KeelbackHebius metusia (Inger, Zhao, Shaffer & Wu, 1990) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Modest KeelbackHebius modestus (Günther, 1875) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hebius nigriventer (Wall, 1925) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eight-lined KeelbackHebius octolineatus (Boulenger, 1904) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mount Omei KeelbackHebius optatus (Hu & Zhao, 1966) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yunnan KeelbackHebius parallelus (Boulenger, 1890) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peters' KeelbackHebius petersii (Boulenger, 1893) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pope's KeelbackHebius popei (Schmidt, 1925) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pryer's KeelbackHebius pryeri (Boulenger, 1887) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cameron Highlands KeelbackHebius sanguineus (Smedley, 1932) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sangzhi Keelback SnakeHebius sangzhiensis Zhou, Qi, Lu, Lyu & Li, 2019 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sarasin’s KeelbackHebius sarasinorum (Boulenger, 1896) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sarawak KeelbackHebius sarawacensis (Günther, 1872) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kosempo KeelbackHebius sauteri (Boulenger, 1909) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tengchong Keelback SnakeHebius septemlineatus (Schmidt, 1925) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Shan’s keelbackHebius shantianfangi Liu, Wang, Hou, Zhang, Wang, Zong, Zhou, Rao, David & Vogel, 2025 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kachin KeelbackHebius taronensis (Smith, 1940) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hebius terrakarenorum Hauser, Smits & David, 2022 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chin Hills KeelbackHebius venningi (Wall, 1910) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Japanese KeelbackHebius vibakari (Boie, 1826) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hebius viperinus (Schenkel, 1901) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vogel’s KeelbackHebius vogeli Nguyen, Li, Huang, Han, Nguyen, Poyarkov, David & Ren, 2025 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hebius youjiangensis Yang, Xu, Wu, Gong, Huang & Huang, 2023 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicops acangussu Moraes-Da-Silva, Walterman, Citeli, Sales-Nunes & Curcio, 2022 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brown-banded watersnakeHelicops angulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicops apiaka Kawashita-Ribeiro, Ávila & Morais, 2013 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicops boitata Moraes-Da-Silva, Cecília Amaro & Sales-Nunes | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wied's KeelbackHelicops carinicaudus (Wied-Neuwied, 1824) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Daniel's KeelbackHelicops danieli Amaral, 1938 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sao Paulo KeelbackHelicops gomesi Amaral, 1922 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hagmann's KeelbackHelicops hagmanni Roux, 1910 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicops infrataeniatus Jan, 1865 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leopard KeelbackHelicops leopardinus (Schlegel, 1837) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Olive KeelbackHelicops modestus Günther, 1861 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicops nentur Costa, Santana, Leal, Koroiva & Garcia, 2016 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Shreve's KeelbackHelicops pastazae Shreve, 1934 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spiral KeelbackHelicops petersi Rossman, 1976 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicops phantasma Moraes-Da-Silva, Cecília Amaro, Sales-Nunes, Rodrigues & Curcio, 2021 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Norman's KeelbackHelicops polylepis Günther, 1861 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ladder Keelback (Hoge's Keelback)Helicops scalaris Jan, 1865 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicops tapajonicus DA Frota, 2005 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Equatorial KeelbackHelicops trivittatus (Gray, 1849) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peru KeelbackHelicops yacu Rossman & Dixon, 1975 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Schouteden's Sun SnakeHelophis schoutedeni (de Witte, 1942) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Socotran RacerHemerophis socotrae (Günther, 1881) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.