Sabah keelback


The Sabah keelback is a nonvenomous colubrid endemic to Borneo.

Description

Adults are about 54 cm in total length, of which about 18 cm is tail. Body slender; midbody scales 19, keeled; ventrals 149–157; subcaudals 92–101; dorsum olive-grey, with darker markings; a distinctive white to yellowish-cream spot on snout.

Habitat and behavior

It is frequently encountered in rivers in the plains and midhills, seen swimming with its head held out of water.

Diet

Its diet includes frog eggs, tadpoles and frogs.

Reproduction

Nothing is known about its reproductive biology.

Geographic range

It is endemic to Borneo. It has been found in Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak.