Ahaetulla pulverulenta
| Brown-speckled whipsnake | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Ahaetulla |
| Species: | A. pulverulenta |
| Binomial name | |
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Ahaetulla pulverulenta (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Dryophis pulverulentus |
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Dryophis pulverulentus
Brown-speckled whipsnake or brown vine snake (Ahaetulla pulverulenta) is a species of tree snake found in India (Western Ghats, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat), Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. It is known as හෙනකදයා (henakadaya) in Sinhala; this name provided the name anaconda.
Snout pointed, terminating in a dermal appendage which is longer than the eye, formed below by the rostral, and covered above with numerous small scales or warts; the length of the snout, without the dermal appendage, more than twice the diameter of the eye. Nasals in contact behind the rostral appendage, or narrowly separated; no loreal; internasals and prefrontals in contact with the labials; frontal as long as its distance from the nasals, as long as the parietals or a little longer; two preoculars, with one subocular below, the upper preocular in contact with the frontal; two postoculars; temporals 2+3 or 2+2; upper labials 8, fifth entering the eye; 4 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows, ventrals 182-194; anal divided; subcaudals 154-173. Greyish, powdered with brown, with blackish transverse spots above; a dark brown rhomboidal spot on the upper surface of the head, and a brown band on each side, passing through the eye. Total length 5 feet 10 inches; tail 2 feet 4 inches.
Head profile from top
Head view and eye profile
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