Malayan Green Whipsnake

About the Malayan Green Whipsnake

Ahaetulla mycterizans, also known commonly as the big-eye green whip snake, the Malayan green whipsnake and the Malayan vine snake, is a species of slender arboreal vine snake in the subfamily Ahaetuliinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.

The species name mycterizans comes from the Greek mucterizo, meaning "I turn up the nose," in reference to the shape of the snout of the snake. Ahaetulla mycterizans belongs to the genus Ahaetulla, one of five genera within the subfamily Ahaetuliinae. The relationships of Ahaetulla mycterizans to some other Ahaetulla species, and to the other genera within Ahaetuliinae, can be shown in the cladogram below, with possible paraphyletic species noted:

Ahaetulla mycterizans is found in Western Peninsular Malaysia, Java and Sumatra of Indonesia, Singapore, Borneo, Thailand and possibly Laos, at elevation up to 350 m (1,150 ft). The Malayan green whipsnake is diurnal and mildly venomous. It occurs in primary and mature secondary forests near streams. Its diet, like that of other whip snakes, consists primarily of frogs and lizards. This slow... Wikipedia →