Species of Thailand
Green mountain racer
Thai: งูทางมะพร้าวเขียว
Binomial name: Gonyosoma prasinum, Edward Blyth, 1854
Rhadinophis prasinus (Green Trinket Snake, Green Bush Rat Snake or Green Ratsnake) is a species of colubrid snake found in Asia.
Description
Rostral a little broader than deep, just visible from above; suture between the internasals a little shorter than that between the prefrontals; frontal as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals; loreal square or longer than deep; one or two preoculars; temporals 1+2 or 2+2; upper labials 9, fourth, fifth, and sixth entering the eye; 5 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as the posterior or a little longer. Scales in 19 rows, the 9 to 11 middle rows feebly keeled m the adult, smooth in the young. Ventrals with a lateral keel, 198 to 206; anal entire or divided; subcaudals 100-107. Uniform bright green above; upper lip and lower surface yellowish or greenish white. Total length 3 feet: tail 9 inches.
Distribution
Its habitat ranges include Bangladesh, India (Darjeeling, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Burma (also known as Myanmar), northern Thailand, west Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, China (Yunnan, Guizhou, Hainan) and Philippines.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Gonyosoma
- Species
- Gonyosoma prasinum
Common names
- German:
- Grüne Strauchnatter
- Grüne Spitzkopfnatter
- English:
- Green trinket snake
- Green mountain racer
- Green tree racer
- Green bush rat snake
- Green ratsnake
- Thai: งูทางมะพร้าวเขียว
Synonyms
- Gonyosoma prasina, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (2015)
- Rhynchophis prasinus, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
- Gonyosoma prasinus, Chen et al. (2014)
- Gonyosoma prasinum, Xin Chen et al. (2014)
- Rhadinophis prasina, Hussam Zaher et al. (2012)
- Gonyosoma prasinum, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
- Elaphe prasina, Bryan L. Stuart & Harold Heatwole (2008)
- Gonyosoma prasinum, Thomas Ziegler et al. (2007)
- Elaphe prasina, Indraneil Das & Norsham S. Yaakob (2007)
- Rhadinophis prasina, Frank T. Burbrink (2007)
- Gonyosoma prasinum, Urs Utiger et al. (2005)
- Gonyosoma prasinum, Patrick David et al. (2004)
- Elaphe prasina, Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
- Gonyosoma prasina, Indraneil Das (1997)
- Elaphe prasina, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
- Elaphe prasina, Klaus-Dieter Schulz (1996)
- Gonyosoma prasina, Samuel Booker McDowell & Jenner (1988)
- Elaphe prasina, Alice Georgie Cruickshank Grandison (1978)
- Elaphe prasina, Michael Wilmer Forbes Tweedie (1950)
- Elaphe prasina, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1943)
- Elaphe prasina, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1930)
- Coluber prasinus, George Albert Boulenger (1894)
- Gonyosoma gramineum, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1864)
- Coluber prasinus, Edward Blyth (1854)
Green trinket snake
Rhadinophis prasinus
- Betong (Malay: Betung) District, Yala
- Bo Kluea District, Nan
- Chae Son National Park
- Doi Chiang Dao
- Doi Inthanon National Park
- Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park
- Doi Phu Kha National Park
- Doi Saket District, Chiang Mai
- Doi Suthep-Pui National Park
- Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary
- Huai Nam Dang National Park
- Kaeng Krachan National Park
- Khao Yai National Park
- Khlong Wang Chao National Park
- Nanthaburi National Park
- Pha Daeng National Park
- Phu Luang Wildlife Sanctuary
- Pua District, Nan
- Umphang District, Tak
Range map of Gonyosoma prasinum in Thailand
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