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Hi all,

I posted this in the Snakes- what kind? section aswell, Hope you don't mind.

Last sunday someone was selling a bunch of vine snakes at a show. Most of them looked like "regular" Ahaetulla prasina, but a few of them looked different. So I brought 2 home Now I would like to find out what species they are.

Ok, here's the facts:
* The shape of the head is different from A. prasina. A bit more rounded.
* Their heads are clearly bicolored. bright yellow and bright green.
* Their eyes are orange, as opposed to yellow with A. prasina.
* Their bodies are bright green, like A. prasina, but with bright yellow stripes next to their dorsal scales.
* No locality data unfortunately

Here's 2 pics:

More pics can be made if needed!
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Best Regards,
Sietse Visser

Nice snake.
Where was the show?

The yellow stripe is found at Ahaetulla mycterizans. They look quite similiar to prasina and are often sold under this name.
A. mycterizans is known to accept fish instead of geckos.

Good look

Maybe you have some pictures, which I can use for my side.
I give credit to all copyright-holder.

RGDS Sub-Zero
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www.rear-fanged.com

Hi,

Thanks for the reply!

I did a quick search on Ahaetulla mycterizans, and have found a few photos that look like my snakes. But I have also found alot of pictures that don't look like mine at all. Most look pretty similar to A. prasina. But the heads of my snakes are very different, alot more rounded. So now I'm even more confused!

The show I got them at was in Houten, the Netherlands by the way.
and if you'd like to use some of my photos, send me a PM. I also have some photos of A. prasina if you like.

Best regards,
Sietse Visser

Well,

I will contact you via pm.
A lot of photos just show A. prasina

http://ia351425.us.archive.org/3/items/catalogueofsnake03brituoft/catalogueofsnake03brituoft.pdf

ca. 96 mb download. There you will find the differences.

Page 178 ff

RGDS Fabian
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www.rear-fanged.com

I'll check the article out, thanks alot!!