Whip snakes

Whip snakes
Ahaetulla fronticincta
Systematics
without rank: Toxicofera Subordination : Snakes (serpentes) Superfamily : Adder-like and viper-like (Colubroidea) Family : Adders (Colubridae) Subfamily : True snakes (Colubrinae) Genre : Whip snakes
Scientific name
Ahaetulla
Link , 1807

The whip snakes ( ahaetulla ) or tree sniffers are tree-dwelling snakes with a thin, extremely elongated body. The head is clearly separated from the body and ends in a square pointed snout. Their home is tropical Southeast Asia . They are false snakes whose fangs are relatively far back in the jaw and whose bite is therefore not very dangerous for humans. They mostly prey on small lizards, which are held in place with their teeth until the poisonous effect occurs.

species

There are 10 types described:

• Ahaetulla anomala Annandale , 1906
• Günther's whip snake ( Ahaetulla dispar ( Günther , 1864))
• Spotted whip snake ( A. fasciolata ( Fischer , 1885))
• Ahaetulla fronticincta ( Günther , 1858)
• Ahaetulla laudankia Deepak , Narayanan , Sarkar , Dutta & Mohapatra , 2019
• Malay whip snake ( A. mycterizans ( Linnaeus , 1758))
• Nose whip snake ( A. nasuta Lacépède , 1789)
• Ahaetulla perroteti ( Duméril , Bibron & Duméril , 1854)
• Green whip snake ( A. prasina ( Boie , 1827))
• Ahaetulla pulverulenta ( Duméril , Bibron & Duméril , 1854)

Web links

Commons : Whip Snakes ( Ahaetulla )  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ahaetulla in The Reptile Database ; accessed on August 19, 2020.