Amphiesma nicobariense

Amphiesma nicobariense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Natricinae
Genus:	Amphiesma
Species:	A. nicobariense
Binomial name
Amphiesma nicobariense (Sclater, 1891)
Synonyms
Tropidonotus nicobarensis Sclater, 1891 Tropidonotus nicobaricus Sclater, 1891 Tropidonotus nicobariensis – Boulenger, 1893 Natrix nicobarensis – Wall, 1910 Paranatrix nicobariensis – Mahendra, 1984 Amphiesma nicobarensis – Das, 1996 Amphiesma nicobariense – David et al., 1998

Amphiesma nicobariense, commonly known as the Nicobar Island keelback, is a species of colubrid snake found in the Nicobar Islands of India.

Further reading

• Sclater, W.L. 1891. Notes on a Collection of Snakes in the Indian Museum, with descriptions of several new species. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal LX: 230-250. ("Tropidonotus nicobarensis [sic], sp. nov.", pp. 241-242 & Plate VI, figures 5a., 5b., 5c., 5d.)