Ahaetulla

Ahaetulla fronticincta

The whip snakes ( Ahaetulla ) or tree sniffers are arboreal snakes with a thin, extremely elongated body. The head is clearly separated from the body, ending in a four -edged pointed snout. Your home is the tropical Southeast Asia. It is deceit snakes whose fangs are relatively far back in the jaw and their bite for people is therefore little dangerous. They mostly prey on small lizards, which are held until the occurrence of toxicity with the teeth.

Species

There are eight described species:

  • Ahaetulla dispar Günther, 1864
  • Spotted Whip Snake ( A. fasciolata Fischer, 1885)
  • Ahaetulla fronticincta Günther, 1858
  • Snoop tree (A. mycterizans Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Nose whip snake ( A. nasuta Bonnaterre, 1790)
  • Ahaetulla perroteti Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
  • Green Whip Snake ( A. prasina Shaw, 1802)
  • Ahaetulla pulverulenta Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
Squamata Genus Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link George Shaw
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