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Speckle-headed whipsnake
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Ahaetuliinae
Genus:	Ahaetulla
Species:	A. fasciolata
Binomial name
Ahaetulla fasciolata (Fischer, 1885)

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:

Distribution

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

References

1. Chan-Ard, T.; Grismer, L. (2012). "Ahaetulla fasciolata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192196A2054062. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192196A2054062.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. 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". PLOS ONE. 14 (7): e0218851. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1418851M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0218851. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6636718. PMID 31314800.
3. "Ahaetulla fasciolata". Reptile Database. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

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