ASSAM KEELBACK
July 2, 2020
Assam keelback has recently been rediscovered after 129 years in Arunachal Pradesh.
About:
- Scientific Name: Herpetoreas pealii.
- Common Name: Assam keelback; Peal's keelback.
- Family: It is a species of snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae.
- Distribution: The species is endemic to Northeast India. It has been recorded from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
- Physical description: The species is small — about 60 cm long, brownish, with a patterned belly.
- Background: It was discovered 129 years ago in 1891 by Samuel Edward Peal, a British tea planter based in Upper Assam.
Source :
Indian Express
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