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2022-04-29 / 572 Read

Green Thin Snake Breed Introduction

Green Thin Snake   Snake (scientific name: Ahaetulla prasina) is a reptile of the genus Ahaetulla, commonly known as diamond-headed snake, blue whip snake, and crane snake. It is distributed in Sikkim, India, through Myanmar to the Indo-China Peninsula, southward through the Malay Peninsula to Indonesia, the Philippines, and Fujian, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet and other places in mainland China. Its living habit is arboreal. The type origin of this species is in Java, Indonesia.

Chinese name: Green thin snake

Latin name:Ahaetulla prasina

Aliases: Great Blue Whip Snake, Crane Snake, Thin Green Snake

Binary Names:Ahaetulla prasina(Reinwardt,1827)

Kingdom: Animal

Department: Chordate

Class: Reptilian

Order: Squamata

Suborder: Serpentes

Family:Colubridae

Genus: Ahaetulla

Species:Green skinny snake

Area of distribution: South and Southeast Asia; rainforest, farmland.

Named By, Time:Boie, 1827

IUCN Protection Level:LC

English name: Green Vine Snake

Green Thin SnakeAppearance characteristics

Gentle in temperament, with 1-2 back Groove teeth, slightly toxic. The body is slender and slender, with an adult body length of about 1.5 meters, and the largest can reach 2 meters. The head is large, elongated and hexagonal, with a pointed snout. The pupils are horizontally linear and appear to be squinting. The tail is long and winding. The dorsal and ventral surfaces of the body are all green, and the ventral surface is significantly lighter than the back. It inhabits mountain shrubs and is diurnal.

Characteristics: With a slender and graceful body, it is a snakeThe body color is light brown, yellow-green, or fluorescent green, with two light-colored white lines on the sides of the body.

Life Habits of the Thin Green Snake

It generally lives in plains, hills and mountains, often in lush forests and is also found in In the weeds on the edge of the field or on the hillside. Its survival range is from 90 to 1620 meters above sea level. my country is distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places; Yunnan Province is only distributed in the tropical regions of southern and western Yunnan. The rearing temperature was 24-28°C during the day and dropped to 22-24 Cat night, and the humidity was maintained at 75-80%.

With frogs, lizards, Birds and so on for food. Ovoviviparous. When disturbed, bend the neck into an "S" shape and act aggressively.

Feeding method of green thin snake

Frogs, lizards, birds, etc. for food.