Gonyosoma prasinum
Species of snake
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Gonyosoma prasinum (green trinket snake, green bush rat snake or green ratsnake) is a species of colubrid snake found in Asia.
| Green trinket snake | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Gonyosoma |
| Species: | G. prasinum |
| Binomial name | |
| Gonyosoma prasinum (Blyth, 1854) | |
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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.[2]
Distribution
Its habitat ranges include Bangladesh, India (Darjeeling, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Myanmar, northern Thailand, western Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, China (Yunnan, Guizhou and Hainan) and Philippines.
