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Basic information
Ahaetulla nasuta
Green vine snake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilyColubrids
GenusAsian vine snakes
- Czech name
- Bičovka nosatá
- English name
- Green vine snake
- Alternative names
- Baumschnüffler, Long-nosed Tree Snake, Long-nosed Whip Snake, Long-nosed Whipsnake, Nasenpeitschennatter, Sri Lanka Green Vine Snake, Sri Lanka Long-nosed Tree Snake, Sri Lanka Long-nosed Whipsnake, Sri Lankan Green Vine Snake, Sri Lankan Long-nosed Tree Snake, Sri Lankan Long-nosed Whipsnake
- Synonyms
- Coluber mycterizans, Coluber nasutus, Dryophis hammatorhynchus, Dryophis mycterizans cineroventer, Dryophis mycterizans rhodonotus, Dryophis mycterizans tephrogaster, Dryophis nasuta
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Grassland
- Microhabitat
- Arboreal
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 2,000 mm
- Body mass
- max 681.3 g
- Offspring total length
- max 312 mm
Biological characteristics
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Foraging mode
- Active
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Viviparous
- Clutch size
- 1–23 individuals
- Sex determination
- Genetic sex determination
Health and safety
- Venomous
- Yes
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · BBXJ · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 10290 · dryad-v5