- Amphiesma leucomystax
Taxobox | name = White-lipped Keelback
image_width = 240px
image_caption = © Raoul Bain / WWF
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Reptilia
ordo =Squamata
subordo =Serpentes
familia =Colubridae
subfamilia =Natricinae
genus = "Amphiesma "
species = "A. leucomystax"
binomial = "Amphiesma leucomystax"The white-lipped keelback ("Amphiesma leucomystax") is a non-venomous
snake native toVietnam .On September 26, 2007, the
World Wide Fund for Nature reported discovery of the species in the region known as the "Green Corridor" of Vietnam's Thua Thien Hue Province.According to the press release, the snake "tends to live by streams where it catches frogs and other small animals. It has a beautiful yellow-white stripe that sweeps along its head and red dots cover its body. It can reach about 80 centimetres (31½ inches) in length."
External links
* [http://www.panda.org/news_facts/newsroom/index.cfm?uNewsID=113941 WWF press release]
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