Ahaetulla mycterizans

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Malayan green whipsnake

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Ahaetuliinae
Genus: Ahaetulla
Species:
A. mycterizans
Binomial name
Ahaetulla mycterizans
(Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
Synonyms

Ahaetulla mycterizans Link, 1807
Ahaetulla mycterizans Cox et al., 1998

Coluber mycterizans Linnaeus
, 1758
Coluber nasutus Lacépède, 1789
Dryophis mycterizans Evans, 1905
Dryophis mycterizans Wall, 1908
Dryophis mycterizans Wall, 1921
Dryophis mycterizans Smith, 1943
Dryophis mycterizans Tweedie, 1950
Dryophis xanthozonia Boie, 1827
Dryophis xanthozonia Boulenger, 1896
Dryophis xnathozona Boulenger, 1896
Passerita mycterizans Günther, 1859
Passerita xanthozonia Smith, 1930
Tragops xanthozonius Duméril & Bibron, 1854

Ahaetulla mycterizans, the Malayan green whipsnake

colubrid vine snake found in Southeast Asia
.

Etymology

The species name mycterizans comes from the Greek "mucterizo", meaning "I turn up the nose," in reference to the shape of the snout of the snake.[3]

Taxonomy

It belongs to the

paraphyletic species noted:[4]

Ahaetuliinae
sharp‑nosed snakes
Ahaetulla

Ahaetulla prasina (paraphyletic)

Ahaetulla mycterizans

Ahaetulla prasina (paraphyletic)

Proahaetulla antiqua

Dryophiops

broad‑nosed snakes

Distribution

It is found in Western

Peninsular Malaysia, Java and Sumatra of Indonesia,[5] Singapore, Borneo, Thailand and possibly Laos up to elevation of 350 m.[3]

Description and ecology

The Malayan green whipsnake is

anterior part of the body can expand when threatened exposing the dark scales. It is often confused with the oriental whipsnake (Ahaetulla prasina) but the former does not occur in disturbed areas or parks or gardens, especially in its distributional range of Singapore
. The Malayan whipsnake can be distinguished from the oriental whipsnake by the former having larger eyes and the flanks lacking a thin yellow line. The former is also smaller (up to 1 m snout to vent length) as compared to the oriental whipsnake which can grow up to 2 m.[6]

Very little is known about the ecology and natural history of this species.[7]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T191914A2014767.en
    . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiæ. 10th Edition: 824 pp.
  3. ^ a b c Ahaetulla mycterizans at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2014.
  4. PMID 31314800
    .
  5. ^ Miralles and David 2010. First record of Ahaetulla mycterizans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae) from Sumatra, Indonesia, with an expanded definition. Zoosystema 32(3): 449-456.
  6. ^ Nick Baker (2014). "Big-eye Green Whip Snake". Ecology Asia.
  7. ^ Cox, M.J., van Dijk, P.P., Nabhitabhata, J. and Thirakhupt, K. 1998. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Thailand and South-East Asia. Asia Books, Bangkok.
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