Wildlifeof China
Boulenger's Keelback
Colubrid Snakes
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Hebius boulengeri
China Red List: Least Concern (LC)
Basic stats
Diet
Fishes and amphibians
Habitat
Forest, freshwater streams and wetlands, and rice paddies
Range
South-eastern China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand
Hebius boulengeri, the Tai-yong or Boulenger's keelback, is a colubrid of south-eastern China (Hong Kong, Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Fujian, Hunan and Jiangxi) and mainland Southeast Asia. It lives in forest and freshwater streams and wetlands and is also found in rice paddies. (The Reptile Database; Wikipedia, general species account)
It preys on fishes and amphibians and is oviparous. (Wikipedia, general species account)
Quick answers
- What does the Boulenger's Keelback eat?
- Fishes and amphibians
- What habitat does the Boulenger's Keelback live in?
- Forest, freshwater streams and wetlands, and rice paddies
- Where is the Boulenger's Keelback found?
- South-eastern China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand