Ahaetulla prasina (Boie, 1827)

Chan, Kin Onn, Muin, Mohd Abdul, Anuar, Shahrul, Andam, Joel, Razak, Norazlinda & Aziz, Mohd Azizol, 2019, First checklist on the amphibians and reptiles of Mount Korbu, the second highest peak in Peninsular Malaysia, Check List 15 (6), pp. 1055-1069 : 1065

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/15.6.1055

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5479882

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CD3D45-831E-FFCA-B84D-F9B6FAA4A8A3

treatment provided by

Marcus

scientific name

Ahaetulla prasina (Boie, 1827)
status

 

Ahaetulla prasina (Boie, 1827)

Materials examined. Seroja Camp (04°39.415′N, 101° 16.333′E), 2 July 2019 (GKR021).

Identification. Body long, slender; iris horizontal; snout long, flat, and distinctly tapered; canthus sharp; body coloration green without distinct markings; interstitial scales checkered white and black; venter pale. These characters are in agreement with Tweedie (1983).

Remarks. One individual was found sleeping on branches approximately 3 m from ground at night.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Ahaetulla

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