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Pryer's Keelback
Hebius pryeri (Boulenger, 1887)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
沖縄本島にて撮影したガラスヒバァ
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Open encyclopedia reference
Hebius pryeri, Pryer's keelback, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. The snake is found on the Ryukyu Islands. Tortoise tick larvae (of the species Amblyomma geoemydae) have been recorded from this species.
Wikipedia contributors, Hebius pryeri; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:57:43.048233+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hebius pryeri (Boulenger, 1887)
- Name authority
- (Boulenger, 1887)
- Common name
- Pryer's Keelback
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Hebius
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyColubridae
- subfamilyNatricinae
- genusHebius
- speciesHebius pryeri (Boulenger, 1887)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hebius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Tonkin KeelbackHebius atemporalis (Bourret, 1934) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kutkai KeelbackHebius bitaeniatus (Wall, 1925) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boulenger’s keelbackHebius boulengeri (Gressitt, 1937) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sulawesi KeelbackHebius celebicus (Peters & Doria, 1878) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hebius concelarus (Malnate, 1963) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kuatun KeelbackHebius craspedogaster (Boulenger, 1899) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Deschauensee’s KeelbackHebius deschauenseei (Taylor, 1934) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Groundwater's KeelbackHebius groundwateri (Smith, 1922) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Malayan Mountain KeelbackHebius inas (Laidlaw, 1901) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yaeyama keelbackHebius ishigakiensis (Malnate & Munsterman, 1960) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Johann's KeelbackHebius johannis (Boulenger, 1908) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wa Shan KeelbackHebius metusia (Inger, Zhao, Shaffer & Wu, 1990) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Tropidonotus pryeri Boulenger, 1887 Boulenger, 1887 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Hebius&species=pryeri Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3JY8Q. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.