Ahaetulla nasuta | 台北市立動物園資訊網

Description[edit]...Commonvinesnakesarediurnal,arboreal,andmildlyvenomous.Theynormallyfeedonfrogsandlizardsusingtheirbinocularvisiontohunt.

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Species of venomous, snake

Ahaetulla nasuta, also known as Sri Lankan green vine snake and long-nosed whip snake, is a venomous, slender green tree snake endemic to Sri Lanka.

Distribution[edit]

Due to longstanding confusion over the taxonomy of A. nasuta, the species was once thought to have a large range from Sri Lanka to peninsular India, including the Western Ghats, along with a disjunct population in Southeast Asia. However, a 2020 phylogenetic study found A. nasuta to actually comprise a species complex, with the "true" A. nasuta (from which the species was originally described) being restricted to the wet zone of Sri Lanka (including the Sri Lanka lowland and montane rainforests). 4 populations from the Western Ghats of India that were formerly grouped with A. na...

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