Speckle-headed whip snake (Ahaetulla fasciolata)

Species of Thailand

Speckle-headed whip snake

Ahaetulla fasciolata

(Johann Gustav Fischer, 1885)

In Thai: งูหัวจิ้งจกลายกระ (ngu hua jingjok lay kra)

The speckle-headed whipsnake (Ahaetulla fasciolata) is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.

Geographic range

The snake is found in Asia.

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Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Ahaetulla
Species: Ahaetulla fasciolata

Common names

German: Gefleckte Peitschennatter
English:
- Speckle-headed whip snake
- Speckle-headed vine snake
- Spotted whip snake
Thai: งูหัวจิ้งจกลายกระ (ngu hua jingjok lay kra)

Synonyms

Ahaetulla fasciolata, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
Ahaetulla fasciolata, Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
Ahaetulla fasciolata, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
Ahaetulla fasciolata, Michael Wilmer Forbes Tweedie (1983)
Dryophis fasciolatus, Michael Wilmer Forbes Tweedie (1950)
Passerita fasciolatus, Norman Smedley (1932)
Dryophis fasciolatus, George Albert Boulenger (1896)
Tragops fasciolatus, Johann Gustav Fischer (1885)

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

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Ahaetulla fasciolata - Khlong Yan Wildlife Sanctuary

Distribution map of Speckle-headed whip snake, Ahaetulla fasciolata in Thailand — Range map of Ahaetulla fasciolata in Thailand

Thai National Parks

Species of Thailand