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Yellow-spotted keelback

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The yellow-spotted keelback (Fowlea flavipunctata) is a species of colubrid snake found in Thailand, Myanmar, China, West Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh.[2] Its type locality is: Island of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) and Canton River?, China.[2]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
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Yellow-spotted keelback
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Fowlea
Species:
F. flavipunctata
Binomial name
Fowlea flavipunctata
(Hallowell, 1860)
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IUCN includes Taiwan in the range of F. flavipunctata, but excludes Malaysia and Bangladesh.[1]

F. f. schnurrenbergeri of Nepal is now considered an independent species, Fowlea schnurrenbergeri.[1]

Habitat and behaviour

F. flavipunctata is a semiaquatic snake that occurs in slow rivers and streams, marshes, swamps, ponds, and lakes. It thrives also in wet human-modified habitats, including rice fields and ditches. It feeds on fish and frogs.[1] It is diurnal.[2]

Relations with humans

F. flavipunctata is exploited in parts of its range to support snake farms and pigs and for use in snake wine.[1]

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