Groundwater's keelback (Hebius groundwateri) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Thailand.
Etymology The specific name, groundwateri, is in honor of zoological illustrator Mr. C.L. Groundwater. xiii + 296 pp. (Amphiesma groundwateri, p. 109).
Geographic range H. groundwateri is found in southern Thailand, in Ranong Province.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of H. groundwateri is forest.
Description H. groundwateri may attain a total length of , which includes a tail long.Taylor EH (1965).
Reproduction H. groundwateri is oviparous.
References
Further reading Chan-ard T, Nabhitabhta J, Parr JWK (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pp. (hardcover): (paperback). Guo P, Zhu F, Liu Q, Zhang L, Li JX, Huang YY, Pyron RA (2014). "A taxonomic revision of the Asian keelback snakes, genus Amphiesma (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae), with description of a new species". Zootaxa 3873 (4): 425–440. (Hebius groundwateri, new combination). Smith MA (1922). "Notes on Reptiles and Batrachians from Siam and Indo-China, (No. 1)". Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam 4 (4): 203-214 + Plate 8. (Natrix groundwateri, new species, pp. 205–206 + Plate 8, figure 2). Taylor EH (1965). "The Serpents of Thailand and Adjacent Waters". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 65 (9): 609–1096. (Natrix groundwateri, pp. 827–828).