Hebius boulengeri is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is also known commonly as the Tai-yong keelback or Boulenger's keelback.Not to be confused with the Sri Lankan species called Boulenger's keelback, Fowlea asperrimus
Etymology The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Amphiesma boulengeri, p. 35).
Geographic range H. boulengeri is found in Cambodia, China, and Vietnam..
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of H. boulengeri are forest and freshwater streams and wetlands. It is also found in rice paddies.
Diet H. boulengeri preys upon fishes and amphibians.
Reproduction H. boulengeri is oviparous.
References
Further reading Gressitt, J. Linsley (1937). "A New Snake from Southeastern China". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 50: 125–128. (Natrix boulengeri, new species).