Amphiesma platyceps là một loài rắn trong họ Colubridae. Loài này được Blyth mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1854.[3]
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- Shaw, G.E.; Shebbeare, E.O.; & Barker, P.E. 1939. The snakes of northern Bengal and Sikkim, Part 4. The colubrine snakes. J. Darjeeling Nat. Hist. Soc. 13: 114-123.
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- Steindachner, F. 1867. Ueber drei neue Schlangenarten [Calamaria philippinica]. Verh. zool.-botan. Ges. Wien 17: 513-516.
- Tillack, F. 2003. Über die Verbreitung und Biologie der Himalaya-Gebirgswassernatter Amphiesma platyceps (Blyth 1854) und einen Fall von Amphigonia retardata (Serpentes: ColubridaNatricinae). Sauria 25 (1): 21-27.
- Wall, F. 1913. A new snake of the genus Tropidonotus from the Eastern Himalayas. Tropidonotus Firthi, spec. nov. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 23: 166.
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