Ahaetulla nasuta
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| iGreen vine snake or Long-nosed Whip Snake | ||||||||||||||||
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Dryophis nasuta |
The Green vine snake (Ahaetulla nasuta), is a slender green tree snake found in India (excluding the northwest; Maharashtra (Nasrapur, Mahabaleshwar, Koyna), Karnataka (Castle Rock), Bangladesh ?, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (= Burma), Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Image:Ahaetulla head.jpg Image:Ahaetulla with Ristella.jpg Food This snake is mildly venomous and normally feeds on frogs and lizards.
Miscellaneous The snake is very variable in its coloration. It is usually green but shows black and white stripes by expanding to display the interscale colours when threatened.The species is often mistakenly believed to be pointed nosed so as to blind its victims.
[edit] External links
- Snakes of Sri Lanka: Ahaetulla nasuta
- EMBL reptile database
- http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Ahaetulla_nasuta.jpg
- http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Ahaetulla_nasuta_head.jpg
[edit] References
- Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
- Lacepède, B. G. E. 1789 Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupèdes Ovipares et de Serpens. Vol.2. lmprimerie du Roi, Hôtel de Thou, Paris, 671 pp.
- Wall,F. 1908 Remarks on some recently acquired snakes. J. Bombay N. H. S. xviii: 778-784
- Wall 1908 A new color variety of the common green whip-snake (Dryophis mycterizans). J. Bombay N. H. S. xviii: 919
- Wall,F. 1910 Remarks on the varieties and distribution of the common Green Whip Snake (Dryophis mycterizans). J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20: 229
- Wall 1910 Varieties of the common Green Whip Snake (Dryophis mycterizans). J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20: 524
