Rhabdophis leonardi, also known commonly as the Burmese keelback and Leonard's keelback, is a species of snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.
Etymology The specific name, leonardi, is in honor of P.M.R. Leonard of the Burma Frontier Service, who collected the holotype.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Rhabdophis leonardi, p. 155).
Geographic range R. leonardi is found in south central China, Laos, and Myanmar.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of R. leonardi is grassland, at altitudes of , but it has also been found in cropland.
Diet R. leonardi preys upon earthworms and the larvae of fireflies.
Reproduction R. leonardi is oviparous. Clutch size is 9–19 eggs.
References
Further reading Wall F (1923). "Notes on a collection of Snakes from Sinlum Kaba". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 29 (2): 466–468. (Natrix leonardi, new species, p. 466).