Ahaetulla fasciolata explained

The speckle-headed whipsnake (Ahaetulla fasciolata) is a species of colubrid vine snake found in Southeast Asia.

Taxonomy

It belongs to the genus Ahaetulla, one of five genera within the subfamily Ahaetuliinae. The relationships of Ahaetulla fasciolata to some other Ahaetulla species, and to the other genera within Ahaetuliinae, can be shown in the cladogram below, with possible paraphyletic species noted:[1]

Distribution

The snake is found in the Southeast Asian countries of Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Mallik . Ashok Kumar . Achyuthan . N. Srikanthan . Ganesh . Sumaithangi R. . Pal . Saunak P. . Vijayakumar . S. P. . Shanker . Kartik . 27 July 2019 . Discovery of a deeply divergent new lineage of vine snake (Colubridae: Ahaetuliinae: Proahaetulla gen. nov.) from the southern Western Ghats of Peninsular India with a revised key for Ahaetuliinae . . en . 14 . 7 . e0218851 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0218851 . 31314800 . 6636718 . 1932-6203 . 2019PLoSO..1418851M . free.
  2. Web site: Ahaetulla fasciolata . . . 24 May 2024 .

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