Hebius

The genus Hebius is endemic to Asia. ==Taxonomy==

All of the member species of the genus Hebius were formerly placed in the genus Amphiesma, but in 2014 Guo et al. placed most species of Amphiesma in the genus Hebius. They placed other species in the genus Herpetoreas, leaving Amphiesma a monotypic taxon containing only the species Amphiesma stolatum. ==Species==

The following 53 species are recognized as being valid. – Sangzhi keelback • Hebius sarasinorum (Boulenger, 1896) – Sarasin’s keelback • Hebius sarawacensis (Günther, 1872) – Sarawak keelback • Hebius sauteri (Boulenger, 1909) – Kosempo keelback • Hebius septemlineatus (Schmidt, 1925) – Tengchong keelback • Hebius taronensis (M.A. Smith, 1940) – Kachin keelback • Hebius terrakarenorum Hauser, Smits, & David, 2022 • Hebius venningi (Wall, 1910) – Chin Hills keelback • Hebius vibakari (H. Boie, 1826) – Japanese keelback • Hebius viperinus (Schenkel, 1901) • Hebius weixiensis Hou, Yuan, Wei, G. Zhao, G. Liu, Y. Wu, Shen, Chen, Guo & Che, 2021 – Weixi keelback • Hebius yanbianensis Q. Liu, Zhong, Wang, Y. Liu & Guo, 2018) – Yanbian keelback • Hebius youjiangensis Yang, Xu, Wu, Gong, Huang & Huang, 2023 • Hebius citrinoventer Xu, Yang, Ouyang, Huang & Peng, 2024 – Yingjiang keelback • Hebius jingdongensis Ma, Shi, Ayi & Jiang, 2023 – Jingdong keelback • Hebius gilhodesi Bohra, Nguyen, Vogel, Lalremsanga, Biakzuala, Das, Warjri, Thongni, Poyarkov & Purkayastha, 2025 – Bhamo keelback • Hebius shantianfangi Liu, Wang, Hou, Zhang, Wang, Zong, Zhou, Rao, David & Vogel, 2025 – Mengla keelback • Hebius ngoclinhensis Le, Phan, T. L. Nguyen, Murphy, Lam, S. N. Nguyen & Che, 2026 – Ngoc Linh keelback Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Hebius. ==References==