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Encyclopedia > Amphiesma
iAmphiesma (keelbacks)
Amphiesma stolatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Amphiesma Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
Species

Amphiesma beddomei
Amphiesma khasiense
Amphiesma modestum
Amphiesma monticola
Amphiesma nicobariense
Amphiesma parallelum
Amphiesma pealii
Amphiesma platyceps
Amphiesma sieboldii
Amphiesma stolatum
Amphiesma vibakari
Amphiesma xenura
... Binomial name Amphiesma stolatum Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Coluber stolatus Linnaeus, 1758 Elaps bilineatus Schneider, 1801 Natrix stolatus Merrem, 1820 Tropidonotus stolatus Boie, 1827 Rhabdophis stolatus Wall, 1921 The Buff Striped Keelback (Amphiesma stolatum) is a common species of non-venomous colubrid snake found across Asia. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Myxozoa (slime animals) Superphylum Deuterostomia (blastopore becomes anus) Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders  Crocodilia - Crocodilians scary crocodiles. ... Suborders Lacertilia- Lizards Serpentes - Snakes Amphisbaenia - Worm lizards This article is about the Squamata order of reptiles. ... Families Acrochordidae Aniliidae Anomalepididae Anomochilidae Atractaspididae Boidae Bolyeriidae Colubridae Cylindrophiidae Elapidae Hydrophiidae Leptotyphlopidae Loxocemidae Pythonidae Tropidophiidae Typhlopidae Uropeltidae Viperidae Xenopeltidae Snakes are cold blooded legless reptiles closely related to lizards, which share the order Squamata. ... Genera According to ITIS: Adelophis Adelphicos Alsophis Amastridium Arizona Arrhyton Atractus Bogertophis Boiga Carphophis Cemophora Cerberus Chersodromus Chilomeniscus Chionactis Clelia Clonophis Coluber Coniophanes Conophis Conopsis Contia Cryophis Dendrelaphis Dendrophidion Diadophis Dipsas Dryadophis Drymarchon Drymobius Elaphe Enulius Eridiphas Erythrolamprus Farancia Ficimia Geagras Geophis Gyalopion Heterodon Hypsiglena Imantodes Lampropeltis Leptodeira Leptophis Liochlorophis... Binomial name Amphiesma khasiense (Boulenger, 1890) The Khasi Hills Keelback Amphiesma khasiense is a species of snake found in India (Assam), Myanmar (= Burma), Laos, Vietnam and parts of China (Yunnan, Tibet). ... Binomial name Amphiesma modestum (Günther, 1875) Synonyms Tropidonotus The Modest Keelback Amphiesma modestum is a species of snake found in India (Assam), Myanmar (= Burma), N Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and parts of China (Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong). ... Binomial name Amphiesma monticola (Jerdon, 1853) The Wynaad Keelback Amphiesma monticola is a species of snake found in the Western Ghats in India. ... Binomial name Amphiesma nicobariense (Sclater, 1891) The Nicobar Island Keelback Amphiesma nicobariense is a species of snake found in the Nicobar Island of India. ... Binomial name Amphiesma parallelum (Boulenger, 1890) Synonyms Tropidonotus parallelus The Yunnan Keelback Amphiesma parallelum is a species of snake found in India (Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh (Pange, Tale valley). ... Binomial name Amphiesma pealii (Sclater, 1891) The Assam Keelback Amphiesma pealii is a species of snake found in India (Assam). ... Binomial name Amphiesma platyceps (Blyth, 1854) Synonyms Tropidonotus platyceps Zamenis himalayanus Tropidonotus firthi The Himalayan Keelback Amphiesma platyceps is a species of snake found in India (Kashmir, Sikkim, Punjab, Assam, Darjeeling, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh), Nepal (1040 up to 3657 m elevation), Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, China (Xizang = Tibet). ... Binomial name Amphiesma sieboldii (Günther, 1860) Synonyms Herpetoreas sieboldii The Sikkim Keelback Amphiesma sieboldii is a species of snake found in Pakistan, India (Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim, Punjab), Nepal, Myanmar (= Burma), Bangladesh. ... Binomial name Amphiesma stolatum Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Coluber stolatus Linnaeus, 1758 Elaps bilineatus Schneider, 1801 Natrix stolatus Merrem, 1820 Tropidonotus stolatus Boie, 1827 Rhabdophis stolatus Wall, 1921 The Buff Striped Keelback (Amphiesma stolatum) is a common species of non-venomous colubrid snake found across Asia. ... Binomial name Amphiesma vibakari Amphiesma vibakari is a snake. ... Binomial name Amphiesma xenura (Wall, 1907) Walls Keelback Amphiesma xenura is a species of snake found in Assam in India. ...

Amphiesma is a genus of colubrid snakes. Subfamilies Boodontinae Calamariinae Colubrinae Dipsadinae Homalopsinae Natricinae Pareatinae Psammophiinae Pseudoxenodontinae Pseudoxyrhophiinae Xenodermatinae Xenodontinae See text for genera. ...


Amphiesma species occur in southern and eastern Asia, including Siberia, Korea, China, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Japan, and Indonesia. Siberian Federal District (dark red) and the broadest definition of Siberia (red) Udachnaya pipe Siberia (Russian: , Sibir; Tatar: ) is a vast region of Russia constituting almost all of Northern Asia. ... Korea (Korean: 한국 or 조선, see below) is a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. ... Satellite image of the Indian subcontinent Map of South Asia (see note) This article deals with the geophysical region in Asia. ... Indochina, or the Indochinese Peninsula, is a region in Southeast Asia. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ...


Amphiesma can also refer to a complex cell covering in some dinoflagellates, composed of flattened vesicles called alveoli that sometimes support overlapping cellulose plates to form a type of scaly armor called a theca. Classes Dinophyceae Noctiluciphyceae Syndiniophyceae The dinoflagellates are a large group of flagellate protists. ... In cell biology, a vesicle is a relatively small and enclosed compartment, separated from the cytosol by at least one lipid bilayer. ... Cellulose as polymer of β-D-glucose Cellulose in 3D Cellulose (C6H10O5)n is a long-chain polymeric polysaccharide carbohydrate, of beta-glucose [1][2]. It forms the primary structural component of green plants. ... Strawberry anther with parallel thecae In botany, the theca (plural thecae) of an angiosperm is half of the anther. ...


Sources

  • A Quick Guide to the Colubridae
  • ISCID Encyclopedia of Science and Philosophy


 
 

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