Ahaetulla travancorica

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Travancore vine snake
From Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Ahaetuliinae
Genus: Ahaetulla
Species:
A. travancorica
Binomial name
Ahaetulla travancorica
Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, Princia D'Souza, Shanker & Ganesh, 2020

The Travancore vine snake (Ahaetulla travancorica), is a species of tree snake endemic to the southern Western Ghats of India.[1][2][3]

It was formerly considered conspecific with A. dispar (which is now considered to have a more northerly distribution in the Western Ghats), but a 2020 study found it to represent a new species.[1]

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