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Ahaetulla prasina

(Asian Vine Snake)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Asian Vine Snake, Boie's Whip Snake, Gunther, Gunther's Whip Snake, Oriental Whip Snake, Oriental Whipsnake

Common Names in German:

Gr, Grune Peitschennatter

Description

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Family Colubridae

The family Colubridae, which includes the kingsnakes (Lampropeltis spp. ), is the largest, most widespread, and diverse family of snakes , with few physical characteristics universal among all species. The family contains 70 percent of the known species of snakes, with more than 1700 species worldwide (Pough et al. 1998). Although some colubrids are dangerously venomous , most are harmless to humans. [1]

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,498 meters (0 to 4,915 feet).[2]

Ecology: This species inhabits both primary lowland and montane moist forests , secondary forests, dry and open forests, scrublands, plantations, gardens (David and Vogel 1996), monsoon forest (McKay 2006), cultivated land , roadsides, and city gardens (R. Inger pers. comm. ) Sharma (2003) states that species of this genus are arboreal , diurnal snakes , living on shrubs and bushes, but foraging on the ground .[3].

List of Habitats :

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Ahaetula [sic] prasina — Woning 2004 • Ahaetulla prasina — Cox Et Al. 1998: 69 • Ahaetulla prasina — Gaulke 1999 • Ahaetulla prasina — Manthey & Grossmann 1997: 311 • Ahaetulla prasina — Stejneger 1933 • Ahaetulla prasinus Sharma 2004 • Coluber mycterizans • Coluber mycterizans - Raffles 1822 • Coluber nasutus • Coluber Nasutus Shaw 1802 • Dryinus prasinus • Dryinus prasinus Cantor 1847 • Drynius prasinus KELAART 1854: 138< /i> (In Error ) ? • Drynius [sic] prasinus — KELAART 1854: 138< /i> (In Error ?) • Dryophis prasina Reinwardt 1827 • Dryophis prasinus • Dryophis prasinus Boie 1827 • Dryophis prasinus chinensis Mell 1930 • Dryophis prasinus — Boulenger 1897: 507 • Dryophis prasinus — Hendrickson 1966: 67 • Dryophis prasinus — Smith 1943: 375 • Dryophis xanthozona • Dryophis xanthozona Holtzinger-Tenever 1919 • Passerita prasina • Passerita prasina - Smith 1930 • Passerita prasina Stejneger 1923 • Tragops prasinus • Tragops prasinus Wagler 1830 • Tragops prasinus — DumÉril & Bibron 1854: 824 • Tragops prasinus — Fischer 1885: 3 • Tragops xanthozonius • Tragops xanthozonius — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 826< /i> (Not of Boie)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Subspecies :
A. prasina prasina (Boie, 1827)
A. prasina preocularis (Taylor, 1922)
A. prasina suluensis Gaulke, 1994
A. prasina medioxima Lazell, 2002. (Ref. 252236).

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Ahaetulla

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. dispar (Indian Bronzeback) · A. fasciolata (Speckle-Headed Whipsnake) · A. fronticincta (Gunther's Whipsnake) · A. mycterizans (Malayan (Green) Whipsnake) · A. nasuta (Long-Nosed Tree Snake) · A. perroteti (Western Ghats Bronzeback) · A. prasina (Asian Vine Snake)

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Painter, Charles W., Chuck L. Hayes, and James N. Stuart "Recovery and Conservation of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. May 1, 2002. [back]
  2. Mean = 214.700 meters (704.396 feet), Standard Deviation = 473.570 based on 56 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
  3. Inger R.F. 2010. Ahaetulla prasina. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
Last Revised: 7/21/2012