Species of Thailand
Speckle-headed whip snake
Thai: งูหัวจิ้งจกลายกระ (ngu hua jingjok lay kra)
Binomial name: Ahaetulla fasciolata, Johann Gustav Fischer, 1885
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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)
Ahaetulla fasciolata
Ahaetulla fasciolata
- Khao Phra Thaeo Wildlife Sanctuary
- Na Yong District, Trang
- Phuket Province
- Raman Waterfall Forest Park
- Thung Song District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
Range map of Ahaetulla fasciolata in Thailand
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Special thanks to Ton Smits and Parinya Pawangkhanant for their help with many range data.
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