Ahaetulla dispar

Ahaetulla dispar
, Gunthers Vine Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Ahaetulla
Species: A. dispar
Binomial name
Ahaetulla dispar
(Gunther, 1864)
Synonyms

Dryophis dispar

The Gunther's Vine Snake Ahaetulla dispar is a species of slender tree snake found in India in the Western Ghats.

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Description

Snout pointed and projecting, without dermal appendage, not quite twice as long as the eye. Internasals and prefrontals usually in contact with the labials; one or two small loreals ; frontal as long as its distance from the end of the snout or longer, oa long as the parietals; one praeocular, in contact with the frontal, with one or two suboculara below; twopostoculars; temporals 2+2 or 2+3; upper labials 8, fifth entering the eye; 4 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as the posterior or a little shorter. Scales in 15 rows, those of the sacral region more or less distinctly keeled. Ventrals 142-151; anal divided; sub-caudals 90-105. Bright green or bronzy olive above, the skin between the scales black; pale green or pale olive beneath, with a yellow line on each side.[1] Total length 26 inches; tail 7.5.

It mainly feeds on smaller reptiles and tree frogs. It is considered to have a mild venom and is rear-fanged.

Notes

  1. ^ Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.

References

  • Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
  • Günther, A. 1864 The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp.

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